NEPAD/HSGIC-03-2003/APRM/Guideline/OSCI 9 March 2003 d. What is the overall assessment of progress towards gender equality in the country? 5.5.3 Examples of Indicators a. Effectiveness of constitutional, legal, policy and budgetary provisions b. Gender segregated statistics in official government reports permitting assessment of gender equality in all spheres of life 5.6 Objective 6: Encourage broad-based participation in development by all stakeholders at all levels 5.6.1 Standards a. The Right to Development in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981) b. African Charter on Popular Participation in Development (1990) c. World Summit on Social Development Plan of Action (1995) 5.6.2 Indicative Criteria a. What measures has government taken to provide opportunities for participation in development by key stakeholder in civil society, the private sector, communities and their organisations? b. Does the decentralisation of government and administration include an effective framework and systematic opportunities for community empowerment to manage their own development? c. Are budgetary and fiscal policy sufficiently decentralised to give other stakeholders and effective say in their own development? d. What is the overall assessment of the effectiveness of participatory development arrangements in the country? Page 28 of 31