Advice to civil society on how to best use the economic governance elements of APRM to hold their governments accountable for public expenditure. Three papers examining exploring aspects of conducting research on governance in Africa.
The election of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States is celebrated as a milestone in several, well known respects – not only will he assume office as the first president of colour – but as an underdog who entered the race for the White House with a slim resume, an unfamiliar name pitted against an established political brand and a political novice whose prospects of raising enough money to meet up to the task were not extremely bright at the starting line.
For more than a decade now, Africa has been trying to address its developmental and political problems through an approach favouring home-grown initiatives.
This paper examines the emergence and development of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in the context of a broader examination of the roles of political parties within the Ghanaian political landscape.
This paper argues that the predominant circumstances in Sudan are likely to prevent the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) from evolving into a political party.
The liberal democratic wave that swept through Africa after the collapse of the USSR and communist regimes in eastern Europe spelled an end to several one-party states and military governments on the continent.
This paper outlines some critical challenges for research institutes working on the African Peer Review Mechanism. Three papers examining exploring aspects of conducting research on governance in Africa.
Ce document décrit certains des problèmes cruciaux pour les instituts de recherche travaillant sur le Mécanisme Africain d’Evaluation par les Pairs.
There is a saying in Africa which goes: “when the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled”. This accurately depicts the fallout from the current global economic disorder since it is clear that whilst Africans had very little to do with the makings of the crisis, we will suffer from it.
Poachers are not the core problem in the management of South African marine resources, it is poor policy. This poor policy effectively turns ordinary traditional fishers into poachers and traditional law enforcement strategies are failing to curb the problem.
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