South Africa and Governance Assessments
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Working paper identifying and promoting best practice in national low carbon growth plans
- 2009
- This working paper summarises output from Project Catalyst, an initiative of the ClimateWorks Foundation, aimed at providing analytical support for the UNFCCC negotiations on a post-Kyoto international climate agreement. It seeks to s...
- Examining public attitudes towards MPs and South Africa's electoral system
- Afrobarometer, 2009
- Electoral reform has been attracting increasing interest in South Africa and a panel of experts has recommended that South Africa’s electoral system be reformed into a mixed system that would include a constituency-based elector...
- Assessing voter behaviour as an accountability mechanism in South Africa
- C. Schulz-Herzenberg (ed) / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2009
- Allowing citizens to decide whether or not to extend a government’stenure through regular elections is the principal mechanism of politicalaccountability. It compels politicians to be more responsive to theelectorate’s nee...
- Using 'Managing for Development Results' concepts in Africa
- African Community of Practice, 2010
- Strong and effective institutions are fundamental to achieving sustainable development outcomes in Africa. Effort to achieve ownership, a key aspect of every development intervention, is often lacking in African contexts. This p...
- Strengthening institutions to sustain democratic governance in the SADC region
- K. Matlosa (ed) / Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, 2008
- The SADC region has made strides towards democratic governance but still faces numerous democratic deficits that need serious attention if democratic consolidation is to occur and endure. This study investigates causal and incidental ...
- South Africa: analysing the relationship between civil society and the ANC
- F. White; M. Reitzes / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010
- In 2007 South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) was overhauled in what was seen as a revolt against the leadership of former Party President Thabo Mbeki. The party’s elective national conference...
- Assessing the role of councillors in service delivery at local government level in South Africa
- G. Paradza; L. Mokwena; R. Richards / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010
- Practical experiences of social accountability in Africa
- O. Shisana; M. Claasen (ed); C.A. Lardies (ed) / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2010
- There are numerous examples of how citizens and civil society groups hold their government, private sector actors and donors accountable. However, these initiatives are often not known beyond the borders of the state or country where ...
- Threats to internet freedom
- K.D. Karlekar; S.G. Cook / Freedom House, 2009
- The study evaluates the level of internet and mobile phone freedom experienced by average users and activists in a sample of 15 countries across 6 regions. It is based on a newly developed set of 19 indicators. The index ad...
- Was South Africa committed to the APRM?
- N. Mbelle / Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2010
- This report reviews the process of implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in South Africa. It focuses on the national process leading to the adoption of a country self-assessment and on the roles of the various stakehol...
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