GSDRC is
"Governance and social development resource centre" which was established by the
UK Department for International Development (DFID) in 2005. Their primary
function is to strengthen DFID's capacity to achieve its poverty reduction goals
by better informing policymaking and enhancing professional knowledge and
competencies. It high quality, timely information to support international
development project and programme planning, policy-making, and other activities
in the field. (See their guide books on: http://www.gsdrc.org/go/topic-guides
It has interesting books, papers and other guides in:
Aid instruments & aid effectiveness;
Civil service reform; Conflict; Drivers of
change; Fragile states; HIV and AIDS; Human rights; Institutional
development; Justice; Measuring governance;
Monitoring and evaluation; Political
systems; Pro-poor growth; Public financial management and accountability;
Security and development; Service delivery; Social exclusion; Social protection;
Voice and accountability