Reckoning with the APRM Recommendations
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) aims to promote ‘good governance’ in Africa, through systematic reviews of a state’s governance practices and subsequent recommendations, made by the APRM’s Panel of Eminent Persons in each report, on how to improve them.
The More Things Change: What Zuma’s Presidency Means for the Rest of Africa
In a little over two weeks, Jacob Zuma will be sworn in as fourth president of South Africa since the advent of democracy in 1994.
The African Peer Review Mechanism: Assessing Origins, Institutional Relations and Achievements
This paper assesses the origins of the APRM, the benefits that it has brought to the continent, and the obstacles that militate against success.
Gathering Crumbs from the G20’s Table?
As leaders of the world’s most productive economies meet in London on Thursday, street activism around the need for poverty alleviation and action on climate change is expected to divert the world’s gaze from official proceedings.
South African elections: A good example for the rest of Africa?
In less than one month, South Africans go to the polls to elect a government for the next five years.
The APRM’s Economic Governance and Management Standards: What Civil Society Should Look For
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.
Do Think Tanks Benefit from APRM Work? Kenya’s Experience
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.
Paiement et indépendance : Estce qu’une relation de clientèle avec le gouvernement inhibe la critique des « groupes de réflexion »?
Cette étude du modèle nigérian réfléchit sur l’objectivité professionnelle des groupes de réflexion des secteurs privé et public.
Book Review of ‘APRM – Lessons from the Pioneers’ by Herbert and Gruzd, written by Grant Masterson (EISA)
Introductions to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) often throw in the following phrase: ‘the APRM may be one of the most innovative developments in the African governance debate of the 21st century’.
Using Representative Opinion Surveys in the APRM Process
Opinion surveys capture public perceptions. What are the key considerations when designing and implementing them in the APRM?