Assessing areas of governance
- 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...
- The importance of assessing the performance of anti-corruption agencies
- L. de Sousa (ed) / European University Institute, Italy, 2009
- Following a period when anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) were portrayed as the panacea to corruption, they are now facing pressure from governments, donors and international organizations to show results. Debate on their performance te...
- Setting the agenda: more power to the President?
- L.A. Schwindt-Bayer / The Kellogg Institute, 2010
- Presidents around the world have access to a wide range of legislative powers—veto power, decree power, and exclusive bill introduction powers. However, an important but often overlooked power is the ability to control the legis...
- Malawi: citizens rate past and present Government performance
- M.G. Tsoka / Afrobarometer, 2009
- The performance of all governments is constantly being reviewed, reported on and rated on various fronts, including sectoral growth, overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth, inflation, exchange and interest rate movements, provisi...
- Analysing regionalism in Malawian elections
- M.G. Tsoka / Afrobarometer, 2009
- After Malawi’s seminal 1994 elections in which the country made the transition back to multiparty politics, commentators were alarmed at how regionalistic the voting pattern appeared to be. Northerners had voted over...
- 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...
- Observance of the Rule of Law in Mozambique
- C. Shenga / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The rule of law is a necessary condition for democracy. One of the greatest challenges confronting Africa’s democratic reform process, however, is ensuring the rule of law prevails. Thus, Mozambique’s political reform proc...
- Socio-economic and political consequences of service delivery in Africa
- R. Mattes / Afrobarometer, 2010
- While the delivery of services of such as security, education, water and sanitation and telecommunication are seen in most places around the world as essential responsibilities of the state, the typical African – especially in r...
- Perceptions of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Over the past twenty years, approaches to development in Africa have undergone a fundamental change. Practitioners no longer regard development as a largely technical exercise. Economic growth and social wellbeing are now rarely ...
- Are Kenyan citizens able to participate in local governance?
- W. Mitullah (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Local governance has been glorified as a panacea for development because it is embedded in the decentralization debates, policies and programs across the African continent. However, many citizens are dissatisfied with the performance ...
- 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...
- The importance of assessing the performance of anti-corruption agencies
- L. de Sousa (ed) / European University Institute, Italy, 2009
- Following a period when anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) were portrayed as the panacea to corruption, they are now facing pressure from governments, donors and international organizations to show results. Debate on their performance te...
- Setting the agenda: more power to the President?
- L.A. Schwindt-Bayer / The Kellogg Institute, 2010
- Presidents around the world have access to a wide range of legislative powers—veto power, decree power, and exclusive bill introduction powers. However, an important but often overlooked power is the ability to control the legis...
- Malawi: citizens rate past and present Government performance
- M.G. Tsoka / Afrobarometer, 2009
- The performance of all governments is constantly being reviewed, reported on and rated on various fronts, including sectoral growth, overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth, inflation, exchange and interest rate movements, provisi...
- Analysing regionalism in Malawian elections
- M.G. Tsoka / Afrobarometer, 2009
- After Malawi’s seminal 1994 elections in which the country made the transition back to multiparty politics, commentators were alarmed at how regionalistic the voting pattern appeared to be. Northerners had voted over...
- 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...
- Observance of the Rule of Law in Mozambique
- C. Shenga / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The rule of law is a necessary condition for democracy. One of the greatest challenges confronting Africa’s democratic reform process, however, is ensuring the rule of law prevails. Thus, Mozambique’s political reform proc...
- Socio-economic and political consequences of service delivery in Africa
- R. Mattes / Afrobarometer, 2010
- While the delivery of services of such as security, education, water and sanitation and telecommunication are seen in most places around the world as essential responsibilities of the state, the typical African – especially in r...
- Perceptions of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Over the past twenty years, approaches to development in Africa have undergone a fundamental change. Practitioners no longer regard development as a largely technical exercise. Economic growth and social wellbeing are now rarely ...
- Are Kenyan citizens able to participate in local governance?
- W. Mitullah (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Local governance has been glorified as a panacea for development because it is embedded in the decentralization debates, policies and programs across the African continent. However, many citizens are dissatisfied with the performance ...
- Open Budget Initiative (OBI)
- The Open Budget Initiative (Initiative) is a global research and advocacy program which seeks to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems. IBP launched the Initiative with the Open Budget Survey—an analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information and opportunities to participate i...
