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Annotated bibliography on developmental states, political settlements and citizenship formation: towards increased state capacity and legitimacy?
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012Policymakers and academics agree that an effective state is the foundation for inclusive development, whilst also recognising the critical role of non-state actors in the delivery of goods and services to poor people.DocumentREDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies
World Rainforest Movement, 2015The complexity of REDD initiatives from another perspective.DocumentLegislation on the for-profit private health sector in east and southern Africa
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2013International evidence shows that, if left unregulated, the for-profit sector may lead to distortions in the quantity, distribution and quality of health services, as well as anti-competitive behaviour (Marriott 2009).DocumentToo poor to care?: the salience of aids in Africa
Afrobarometer, 2011Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world that is most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, yet surveys of attitudes to AIDS across African countries show that most people do not attach great importance to the issue. The current paper argues that the salience of AIDS is low in Africa because many people are too poor to consider the disease important.DocumentExploiting the poor: bureaucratic corruption and poverty in Africa
Afrobarometer, 2012Corruption is a major source of slow development in Africa. The current paper develops a model of the relationship between poverty and corruption, and utilises Afrobarometer survey data on 18 sub-Saharan African countries.DocumentTrends in popular attitudes to multiparty democracy in Africa, 2000-2012
Afrobarometer, 2012Based on Afrobarometer data, the current paper addresses these questions: do Africans want democracy, do they think they are getting it, and what trends over time are evident in popular demand for, and the perceived supply of, democracy?DocumentWho says elections in Ghana are ‘free and fair’?
Afrobarometer, 2014Since 2000, elections in Ghana have been lauded by observers as being “free and fair”; however, the losing political party has consistently contested the election results.DocumentAfter a decade of growth in Africa, little change in poverty at the grassroots
Afrobarometer, 2013Afrobarometer data on lived poverty in Africa provide an important basis for testing assumptions about the effects of the continent’s recent economic growth on poverty reduction. The current paper indicates that Afrobarometer data from 34 countries reveal a disconnect between reported growth and the persistence of poverty among ordinary citizens.DocumentAfrica rising?: popular dissatisfaction with economic management despite a decade of growth
Afrobarometer, 2013Many African individuals still experience regular shortages of basic necessities, and rates of “lived poverty” remain high. In this context, the current paper shows that across 34 countries, a majority (53%) rate the current condition of their national economy as “fairly” or “very bad”, while just 29% offer a positive assessment.DocumentThe partnership of free speech & good governance in Africa
Afrobarometer, 2013Much of Africa has undergone a radical transformation in terms of the freedom to communicate in the last two decades, but despite the opening and expansion of media and technology, freedom of expression is still enjoyed unequally across Africa.Pages