Sub-Saharan Africa

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Index of African governance 2009: ( R.I. Rotberg;R.M. Gisselquist / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2009); The 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Huma...
Pitfalls of public consultations: ( R. M a t t e s / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2008); The opinions of the general public are as important as those of the elite if a country wishes to achieve a comprehensive self-assessment process, such as the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). B...
How independent are think tanks?: ( O. I b e a n u / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2008); This paper analyses the relationship between privately and publicly funded policy research institutions ('think-tanks') and government, and the extent to which that relationship may change commensu...
Lack of constitutionalism hits African governance: ( Y. T u r i a n s k y i / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2009); This paper analyses the discussion and recommendations about Africa's pressing political governance issues - including the separation of powers, election management and corruption - from the APRM r...
Why did the media ignore the African Peer Review Mechanism?: ( B. Boyle / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2008); The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has not generated a national conversation in South Africa. This paper investigates the reasons for this failure of the APRM.

Among the reasons, t...
Local alternatives to international corruption survyes: ( A. Hakobyan;M. Wolkers / Transparency International , 2004); This paper presents the results of a mapping exercise which assessed how national and local tools could provide a counterweight to international corruption surveys (risk assessments, perception indice...
Assessing the struggles and successes of the African Peer Review Mechanism: ( S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2009); This paper analyses the impact of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). It examines the APRM’s relationship with the African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (N...
APRM: achievements and challenges: ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2007); African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) reflects a fundamental shift in Pan African thought in its attempt to formalise an early warning mechanism to avert political and economic crises in Africa. It adv...
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Ghana: ( A. Bing-Pappoe / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2007); This paper examines the context within which the Ghana APRM process was conducted, the nature of the assessment, the assessment process, and how the outcome of the assessment process was used....
Ibrahim Index for governance assessment: limitations: ( J. Blaser / United Nations Development Programme , 2008); Mo Ibrahim Foundation published a new index in September 2007 ranking the performance of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Ibrahim Index grades countries on factors such as security, levels ...