Corruption
- The APRM: assessing origins, institutional relations and achievements
- South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a tool designed to promote good governance on the continent. It was created when the African Union, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and t...
- The African Peer Review Mechanism: lessons from the pioneers
- R. Herbert;S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- Without doubt, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is one of the boldest ideas that African leaders have come up with in the recent past. It is potentially the most important reform ever to emerg...
- China’s engagement with the Nigerian oil sector
- G.M. Salter / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2009
- China used to access Nigerian oil exclusively through long-term contracts and purchases on the spot market, but its economy’s rapidly growing demand for oil has led the Chinese government to ...
- Will oil build or break the back of Ghana’s democracy?
- R. Harvey / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- Ghana is about to start producing oil commercially. However, amid great excitement, there is also legitimate cause for concern. Given the importance of economic diversification and the need to consoli...
- Ten reasons to keep faith with Africa’s peer review process
- S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- Almost a decade after Africa’s major governance monitoring mechanism was mooted, this paper asks: What value has the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) added? Has it been worth the time and...
- The African Peer Review Mechanism: positive governance strides in the right direction?
- G. Negatu;S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- Almost a decade after its inception, the Africa Peer Review Mechanisam (APRM) continues to be the continent’s major governance monitoring mechanism. Accession to this voluntary process has st...
- Policy effectiveness and China’s investment in the Zambian mining sector
- D. Haglund (ed) / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 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...
- The DRC at 50: confronting the challenges of peace and territorial consolidation
- P.D. Kock / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- On 30 June 2010 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) celebrated 50 years of independence from colonial rule. At 50, the country is torn between competing and contradictory internal forces as it t...
- Transparency in trade policymaking: lessons for South Africa from Australia’s experiences
- B. Browen / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2010
- Trade policy reform in the form of trade liberalisation is a very important tool for raising living standards and improving a country’s economy. Such reform on its own, however, is like...
- Using representative opinion surveys in the African Peer Review Mechanism Process
- 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...
