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  Does performance matter to institutional survival? The method and politics of performance measurement for anti-corruption agencies

  European University Institute, Italy, 2009

  Following a period when anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) were portrayed as the panacea to corruption, they are now facing pressure from governments, donors and international organizations to show results. Debate on their performance tends to ignore the causal structure of their agency. ACAs have to contend with the political powers that create them and then attack them.
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  The uses of the Afrobarometer in promoting democratic governance

  Afrobarometer, 2010

  Over the past twenty years, approaches to development in Africa have undergone a fundamental change.
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  Local government in Kenya: negative citizen perception and minimal engagement in local government affairs

  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 dissatisfied with the performance of local governments, and to a large extent are disengaged from local processes put in place to address local development.
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  Spot the difference: a comparison of presidents and governments' performance since 1999 in Malawi

  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 and interest rate movements, provision of health and education services, social security, and improved water supply, among others.
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  A Country turning blue?: political party support and the end of regionalism in Malawi

  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.   Northerners had voted overwhelmingly (88%) for Chakufwa Chihana, the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) candidate.  A large majority (64%) of those in Central Region had thrown their support
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  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 include a constituency-based electoral system as one of its components.
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  Observance of the Rule of Law in Mozambique

  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, Mozambique’s political reform process has focused as much on rule of law and accountability procedures, as on civil, political and social rights and liberties, or political competition.
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  What can the Afrobarometer tell us about service delivery in Africa?

  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 typical African – especially in rural areas – is unlikely to enjoy many of these amenities.
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  Ethnically dominated party systems and the quality of democracy: evidence from sub-saharan Africa

  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 represent rather than what they represent making them indistinguishable from each other in terms of the programs and policies.
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  Traditional leaders in modern Africa: can democracy and the chief co-exist?

  Afrobarometer, 2008

  Modern African governments have struggled with how best to relate to traditional leaders. Their role in modern African democracies is complex and multifaceted with “traditionalists” on one side and “modernists” on the other.

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