Zambia and Governance Assessments
- Capital:
Lusaka - Population:
13460305 - Size:
752614.0 Km2
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- Tax collection: a powerful lens for assessing state legitimacy
- J DiJohn / Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2010
- The process of tax collection is one of the most powerful lenses in political economy to assess the distribution of power in a polity. Indeed, there is a long history of thinking in political economy and history that links the process...
- Do personalism and clientelism structure voting behavior in Africa?
- D. Young (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2009
- African politics is commonly characterized as clientelistic, having evolved from the concept of “neo-patrimonalism,” in the post-colonial authoritarian era. Neo-patrimonalism is a system where politicians are given jobs in...
- Free media? Assessing the broadcasting industry in Zambia and beyond
- C.H. Chirwa; J. Minnie; H. Bussiek / Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010
- The report begins with a comprehensive audit of existing media laws and other legislation, with an impact on freedom of expression, and a critical in-depth assessment of the legal and regulatory framework in which broadcast...
- Zambian policymakers and Chinese mining: detailing the challenges
- D. Haglund (ed) / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
- This briefing describes some of the challenges facing the efforts of Zambian policymakers to secure sustainable benefits from the exploitation of the country’s mineral resources – which generate about two-thirds of the cou...
- 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 ...
- Are Zambian citizens satisfied with their nation's democracy?
- P. Lolojih (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The end of one-party rule in Zambia towards the end of the 1980’s, resulted in Zambians getting an opportunity to monitor the performance of their government on governance issues with a view to helping to shape their own destiny...
- Citizen activism defeats Zambian President's anti-democratic plans
- C. Chella; S. Kabanda / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2005
- In 2001, Zambian President Frederick Chiluba tried to change the country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. However, a civil society-led campaign forced the President to abandon the plan. This paper ...
- Why do anti-corruption commissions fail?
- A. Doig; D. Watt; R. Williams / U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2005
- This paper suggests that the widespread lack of ‘success’ of anti-corruption commissions (ACCs) is intimately connected to how they are funded by donors and governments and what donors and governments expect of them. The f...
- Assessing governance capacity in water management in SADC region
- A. Earle; G. Lungu; D. Malzbender / Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
- Enhancing governance in the water sector through improved integrity, accountability, and the application of anti-corruption measures constitute important tools for achieving poverty reduction and improving sustainable management of wa...
- Survey of democratic governance-2007
- Freedom House, 2007
- ‘Countries at the Crossroads’ is an annual survey of democratic governance in 30 strategically important countries worldwide, brought out by Freedom House. This year’s survey covers Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhuta...
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