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    Civil society participation in Uganda's APRM process

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Ugandan NGOs faced challenges in influencing their national APRM process, but this paper shows that with resourcefulness, focus and energy, motivated groups can make a difference. In Uganda, umbrella organisations were appointed to represent civil society on the APRM National Commission.
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    Do think tanks benefit from APRM work? Kenya's experience

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    When Kenya volunteered to be among the first to take part in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), hopes and expectations were high. But for at least one local academic research institute, committed to play an important role, the process was beset by problems and challenges not of its own making.
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    Africa needs its own ‘G-Club’ to meet the challenges at home and globally

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    The ineffectiveness and resistance to reform of formal multilateral institutions is encouraging a boom in informal ‘clubs of state’. These clubs — usually identified by the letter ‘G’ and a number — have become increasingly significant in recent years and are fulfilling functions that their formal counterparts can seldom achieve.
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    Encouraging political participation in Africa, the potential of social media platforms

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    The popular protests in North Africa, dubbed the ‘Arab Spring’, have reignited debate on the role of social media in facilitating political participation and active citizenry engagement. The 2010/2011 popular  protests in Tunisia and Egypt were largely organised, supported and driven through social media platforms.  
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    Thabo Mbeki and the 'long talk' to Southern Sudan's referendum

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    The negotiations between the National Congress Party (NCP) of Northern Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) of Southern Sudan over the possible consequences of the referendum scheduled for January 2011 in which Southern Sudan will vote on whether to remain part of Sudan or form an independent state.
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    State–civil society relations: the potential contribution of the African Peer Review Mechanism

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is Africa’s home-grown governance promotion and monitoring tool. It has made one of its priorities the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the assessment of national initiatives.
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    The OAU/AU at 50: democratic governance as a precondition for a sustainable African future

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    The African Union (AU) was formed in 2002 after the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) was deemed to have achieved its goals. Nevertheless, when compared with the OAU, the AU has been more successful in achieving greater security on the continent, thereby allowing development to take place.
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    Robust, Recognizable, and Legitimate: Strengthening India's Appliance Efficiency Standards and Labels through Greater Civil Society Involvement

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013
    This report considers the contribution that civil society organizations can make at each stage of an appliance efficiency standards and labeling program (AES&L). Although the main focus is India the experiences of ten countries are considered – with differing levels of perceived development.
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    Home care for older people: the experience of ASEAN countries

    HelpAge International, 2014
    Without adequate universal pension schemes and healthcare in place to ensure a basic standard of living, older people’s families and communities will find it difficult to comprehensively meet the needs of older people.
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    Reconfiguring urban adaptation finance

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014
    This paper examines international, national and municipal mechanisms for financing adaptation, and reveals the systemic barriers that prevent money being channelled into the hands of low-income and highly vulnerable urban residents in low- and middle-income countries, and hinder effective urban adaptation.

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