ICTs for development
- Ten Years of Democracy in Malawi: are Malawians getting what they voted for?
- S. Khaila;C. Chibwana / Afrobarometer, 2005
- For 30 years, from 1964 to 1994, Malawi was under a centralised, one-party and one-man dictatorship. The National Referendum in 1993 brought to an end this era of one-party rule and ushered in multipa...
- Ethnicity and the willingness to sanction violent politicians: evidence from Kenya
- A. LeBas / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Do citizens in newly democratic regimes adjust their expectations of politicians' behaviour depending on contextual cues? This paper addresses the role that ethnicity plays in shaping individuals&r...
- Spot the difference: a comparison of presidents and governments' performance since 1999 in Malawi
- 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...
- A Country turning blue?: political party support and the end of regionalism in Malawi
- 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. ...
- Proportional representation and popular assessments of MP performance in South Africa: a desire for electoral reform?
- 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 in...
- 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, Mozamb...
- What can the Afrobarometer tell us about 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 typic...
- The uses of the Afrobarometer in promoting democratic governance
- 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 growt...
- Local government in Kenya: negative citizen perception and minimal engagement in local government affairs
- 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 ...
- Ethnically dominated party systems and the quality of democracy: evidence from sub-saharan Africa
- R. Dowd (ed);M. Driessen (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- With the (re)introduction of multiparty elections in the early 1990s, ethnically dominated party systems have dominated sub-Saharan Africa. Political parties have been distinguished more for who they ...
