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Access to public information and citizen participation in Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) guide to good practices
World Bank Institute, World Bank, 2010Consensus is growing within the global community on the relevance of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), their transparency and the need to be open to citizen participation. External oversight agencies perform a fundamental role in monitoring the exercise of power in democratic regimes, especially in countries characterised by high corruption rates and inefficiency in public management.DocumentAfrica’s evolving governance architecture: Reflections on the African Peer Review Mechanism
Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010The Organization of African Unity (OAU) has, over time, acknowledged that what happens internally in countries and how governments rule, regulate and relate to their citizens matters.DocumentWomen’s engagement with political parties in contemporary Africa: reflections on Uganda’s experience
Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010This paper reviews and reflects on the experience of women’s political engagement in contemporary Uganda after the introduction of multiparty competitive elections in 2006.DocumentStrengthening Africa’s governance architecture: lessons from Lesotho’s first APRM Process
Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010The African Peer Mechanism (APRM) has been hailed as a timely and apt innovation in Africa’s quest for entrenching democracy and improving governance on the continent.DocumentSocial Accountability in Africa: Practitioners’ Experiences and Lessons
Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2010There are numerous examples of how citizens and civil society groups hold their government, private sector actors and donors accountable. However, these initiatives are often not known beyond the borders of the state or country where they are implemented.DocumentDemanding good governance: lessons from social accountability initiatives in Africa
World Bank Institute, World Bank, 2010Accountability is the cornerstone of good governance. The combined effects of the global economic crisis, climate change and influence and power relationships between the developed and developing worlds require African countries to re-evaluate their governance structures. This book looks at the demand for good governance on the continent through citizen actions to hold the governments to account.DocumentThe African Peer Review Mechanism: A compilation of studies of the process in nine African countries
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010The New Partnership for Africa’s Development is a strategic framework setting out a vision for Africa.DocumentWhat do Public Financial Management assessments tell us about PFM reform?
Overseas Development Institute, 2010Government budgets are important to public action and are ways in which policy objectives are selected and acted upon, the necessary resources collected, allocated and spent. Budgeting systems are also vital for donor agencies to ensure that foreign aid funds are properly spent for the intended purposes.DocumentThe impact of democracy in Mozambique: assessing political, social and economic developments since the dawn of democracy
Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009Civil war, sabotage from neighbouring states, and economic collapse characterised the first decade of Mozambican independence. During most of the civil war, the government was unable to exercise effective control outside of urban areas, many of which were cut off from the capital.DocumentThe impact of democracy in Zimbabwe: assessing political, social and economic developments since the dawn of democracy
Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009This paper briefly outlines some of the perceptions of Zimbabweans regarding the various changes that have occurred in the country in the past 10–15 years, particularly where the democratisation process is concerned.Pages