South Africa and data flows: How to fully exploit the potential of the digital economy
South Africa is in a privileged position to become the regional hub for provision of data processing services and other innovative digital services.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives: Lessons learned
Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) are voluntary partnerships between governments, civil society, and the private sector that have emerged over the last 15 years to address development challenges collaboratively, entrench democratic practices, and strengthen regulatory frameworks.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives: What have we learned? An overview and literature review
This report reviews literature on three Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) – the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the Open Governance Partnership (OGP) – to provide an overview of how each MSI functions and evaluates the extent to which each has impacted policy and governance issues thus far.
South Africa’s Hazardous Ballet with Human Rights Diplomacy
At its transition in 1994, South Africa emerged as an exceptional case of a rising power that would pursue the diplomacies of human rights.
China in the era of ‘Xi Jinping Thought’: five key trends for Africa
This policy briefing identifies five trends that could affect Africa, emerging from China’s 19th Communist Party Congress, held in Beijing in October 2017.
Will the ‘Ramaphosa dawn’ ripple across SADC?
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently completed his first official tour of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region since becoming South Africa’s fifth president, visiting Angola, Botswana and Namibia.
Informing the MDB’s approach to UCS in Africa: Morocco case study
The Kingdom of Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament and a head of government selected from the party that wins the election.
Plurilateral Trade Agreements: to participate or not to participate?
In the wake of the impasse in the Doha Development Round (DDR) of multilateral trade talks, a number of countries have been looking at alternative ways to advance their trade agendas – one of which involves the negotiation of plurilateral trade agreements (PTAs).
Women-friendly trade: what can governments do better?
It’s a familiar sight at border posts: women with baskets groaning under the weight of fresh produce, cheap manufactured goods or handicrafts ready to be traded on the other side.
The African Peer Review Mechanism at 15: achievements and aspirations
As the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) turns 15 on 9 March 2018, this milestone provides an ideal opportunity to acknowledge recent progress.