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    What people want from government: basic services performance ratings, 34 countries

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    The current paper relies on an Afrobarometer survey that asked people in 34 African countries to rate the governmental performance in their countries regarding basic services. The paper shows that Africans hold largely negative views about their governments’ performance on key services such as delivery of water and maintaining sanitary conditions, as well as supplying electricity.
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    Oil & mining countries: transparency low, impunity high

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Minerals are important economic resource for Africa. In this sense, Twenty-two of 34 African countries surveyed by Afrobarometer stake their countries' economic futures on development of mineral or oil production.
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    Africa’s willing taxpayers thwarted by opaque tax systems, corruption

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    Mobilisation of resources through taxation is a top priority on Africa's development agenda. The current paper reveal widespread citizen commitment in 29 sub-Saharan African countries to the principle of taxation and to taking responsibility – by paying their taxes – for national development.
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    Support for African women's equality rises: education, jobs & political participation still unequal

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    Across the globe, women and girls lack access to the levels of education, economic power and political leadership enjoyed by men. However, an Afrobarometer's survey of more than 50,000 people in 34 African countries shows broad support for women's equality among both men and women, and widespread acceptance of women’s leadership capabilities.
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    Demand for democracy is rising in Africa, but most political leaders fail to deliver

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    Africans express growing attachment to democracy. This Afrobarometer policy paper points to the gap in many African countries between popular demand for democracy and the supply of democracy actually delivered by ruling elites.
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    My rights, my voice: annual progress report 2013

    Oxfam, 2014
    My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) engages marginalized children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries. The 2013 Annual Progress Report provides an overview of the second year of this innovative three year programme and of the MRMV Global Programme Framework.
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    My rights, my voice: annual progress report 2013

    Oxfam, 2014
    My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) engages marginalized children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries. The 2013 Annual Progress Report provides an overview of the second year of this innovative three year programme and of the MRMV Global Programme Framework.
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    Ethnicity and individual attitudes towards international investors: survey evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Academic literature supports the idea that FDI is conducive for growth and, more importantly, for poverty alleviation. This paper focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa and tests the determinants of individual support toward foreign investors. The paper proposes a model that explains why foreign direct investment reinforces policy making along ethnic cleavages.
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    Citizens’ attitudes towards taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Little is known about tax compliance behaviour in developing countries. This study explores factors that determine citizens’ tax compliance attitude in four African countries: South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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    Another resource curse?: the impact of remittances on political participation

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    International remittances are quickly becoming an important source of income for millions of individuals around the world. This article focuses on the political impact of remittances, and in particular, its effect on political participation, using data collected from 20 sub-Saharan African countries.

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