Development through Trade: What does the economy hold?
Economists rarely agree, and never about what’s going to happen next. But if Niels Bohr was right, this makes economics good science.
Evaluer le MAEP en Afrique du Sud : Depuis une perspective d’ONG
Découvrez comment l’Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) est parvenu à surmonter les obstacles pour promouvoir l’accès à l’information et protéger les dénonciateurs dans le Rapport du MAEP et le Programme d’Action de l’Afrique du Sud.
Participation de la société civile au processus du MAEP en Ouganda
Les ONG ougandaises se trouvaient confrontées à des défis relatifs à l’influence de leur processus national de MAEP, mais cet article montre qu’avec des ressources, de l’énergie et en se concentrant, les groupes motivés pouvaient faire une différence.
International Conference for the 10-year Celebration of South African – Chinese Relations: “How can China and South Africa’s Partnership benefit Africa?”
Event hosted by the South African Institute of International Affairs and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, 21-22 May 2008.
Erasing the Future: The Tragedy of Africa’s Education
Children languish as leaders fumble to meet even minimal goals; 10 points that need attention.
Darfur and the Politics of Genocide
THREE times in the past 60 years the world has said ‘never again’ in response to genocides in Europe, Cambodia and Rwanda. But little has changed.
Zimbabwe Elections: 13 Dimensions of Unfairness
The largest independent observer group during the controversial parliamentary polls, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, summarises its findings in a recently completed report
Case Study: Accessing Water
In South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, a 30-year water and sanitation concession signed in 1999 between a local municipality and Siza Water Company has been criticised but also has improved infrastructure and service delivery in the area.
Case Study: Power Deal Tainted by Graft
In 1995 the Tanzanian’s state-owned electricity firm Tanesco signed a power purchasing agreement with Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL), a joint venture between a Malaysian company and a local investor for the purchase of 100MW of power from diesel generators for 20 years.
Case Study: SA-Mozambique Toll Road
The governments of Mozambique and South Africa signed a R3 billion, 30-year concession in 1996 for a private consortium, Trans-African Concessions (TRAC), to build and operate the N4 toll road from Witbank, South Africa to Maputo, Mozambique.