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Contesting and turning over power: Implications for consolidation of democracy in Lesotho
Afrobarometer, 2015Since its transition to electoral democracy in 1993, Lesotho has experienced a series of upheavals related to the electoral process.DocumentA window on policy priorities: evidence from the citizens of 34 African countries
Afrobarometer, 2015The post-2015 sustainable development discourse has emphasized the need for a more inclusive and participatory policy framework projecting the voices of the people in policy-making and implementation processes.DocumentYoung people, agriculture, and transformation in rural Africa: an “opportunity space” approach
2013Over the last decade, both agriculture and young people have become increasingly prominent on African development agendas.DocumentCase study on corporate planning processes with the state-level programmes in Nigeria
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2014Public sector management reforms in Nigeria face a number of challenges that have limited the scope, speed and quality of service provision. Issues of unclear priorities, inadequate resource mobilisation and institutional capacity constitute some of the biggest challenges.DocumentConcept paper and action plan for human resources and payroll integration in Anambra State Government
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2014Anambra State Government had conducted a personnel audit in 2009 which led to updating its human resources records. This was the beginning of the development of a secure human resource management information system1 which is located in the Office of the Head of Service. This resulted in cleaner personnel and payroll records for active and retired staff and some financial savings.DocumentClimate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
IOPscience, 2015Earlier research that reports a correlational pattern between climate anomalies and violent conflict routinely refers to drought-induced agricultural shocks and adverse economic spillover effects as a key causal mechanism linking the two phenomena.DocumentDrivers of regional integration: value chains, investment and new forms of co-operation
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015This collection of papers is a combined initiative of Economic Policy Forum (EPF) member think tanks and is the result of two round-table discussions under the Regional Integration research stream.DocumentCommunity policing through local collective action in Tanzania: Sungusungu to Ulinzi Shirikishi
University of Sussex, UK, 2013Community policing (polisi jamii) was officially introduced in Tanzania in 2006 as part of an ongoing police reform programme. In addition to attempting to improve communication between police and the public, the police have promoted ulinzi shirikishi (participatory security), whereby citizens are encouraged to form neighbourhood policing institutions to prevent and detect crime.DocumentThe power of perceptions: elites, opinion polling, and the quality of elections in sub-Saharan Africa
University of Sussex, UK, 2013This thesis examines the impact of the recent introduction of public opinion polling on the quality of elections in sub-Saharan Africa to understand why it has contributed to greater transparency and representativeness in some context and not in others.DocumentGender dynamics in a changing climate: How gender and adaptive capacity affect resilience
CARE International, 2015This learning brief synthesises lessons drawn from CARE’s Adaptation Learning Programme for Africa (ALP), which has been supporting vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to the impacts of climate change since 2010.Pages