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A preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries
HELIO International, 2007Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to climate change.DocumentDoing business: women in Africa
World Bank, 2008This document presents case studies of women entrepreneurs across Africa who have overcome legal and regulatory obstacles to create new business opportunities. The report is the first in a series of regional reports designed to showcase successful women entrepreneurs and explore how they overcame obstacles to business creation, growth and economic success.DocumentOutsourcing agricultural advisory services: enhancing rural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Royal Tropical Institute, 2008A pluralistic advisory service system is already a fact of life for many farmers in Africa. Over the last few years, outsourcing has become increasingly important in several sub-Saharan African countries and this bulletin takes the opportunity to learn lessons that can further guide this process.DocumentPolitical violence and state formation in post-colonial Africa
International Development Centre, Open University, 2007This paper argues for the importance of understanding the political legacy of colonialism. Its author contends that colonialism in Africa left a legacy of dual citizenship - the civil and the customary - which reflected not different histories or different cultures, but a different political relationship between the colonial power and the populations defined as races and tribes.DocumentCo-managing Lake Victoria’s fisheries for sustainable development
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest fishery resource, but ineffective management has contributed to a serious decline in the volume of catches since the early 1990s. One solution may be co-management between governments, industrial processors and the traditional institutions that represent fishing communities.DocumentJoint assistance strategies in Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 2005This study focuses on the on-going process of developing Joint Assistance Strategies (JAS) in Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda. JAS are national, medium term frameworks for managing development cooperation between governments and development partners.DocumentCivil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience
Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.DocumentPolitical sources of ethnic identification in Africa
Afrobarometer, 2007This paper investigates the political source of ethnic identification in Africa. Drawing on data from 22 surveys covering 33,000 respondents across 10 African countries, the paper shows that the strength of ethnic identities in Africa is shaped by political competition. The people are more likely to identify in ethnic terms the closer their country is to a competitive presidential elections.DocumentCan parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception
Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.DocumentAfrica’s success: evaluating accomplishments
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenarios in each country, and identifies the emerging challenges.Pages
