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    African Youth Movement (AYM)

    Formed in march 2002, the African Youth Movement [AYM] is involved with youths from Africa in integrated water resources management, poverty reduction and advocacy for climate change and the Millenniu
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    Inflation-targeting in sub-Saharan Africa: why now? Why at all?

    Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
    As only the second central bank in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Bank of Ghana has adopted an inflation-targeting regime.  This paper argues that this step is wrong and comes at a bad time as:
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    Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: origins, targets, impact and potential

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2006
    Despite a considerable increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in real terms, Africa's share of global FDI fell by over a half since 1970.FDI accounts for just one fifth of all capital flows to Africa and the continent remains aid-dependent. As FDI is a key resource for growth and development, Africa must learn how to attract it.
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    E-governance in Africa: from theory to action - a handbook on ICTs for local governance

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    This book presents the context, theory and current thinking on the interaction betweeen ICTs and local governance, particularly in Africa. It discusses the shift from ‘government’ to ‘e-governance,’ describes the role of local-level authorities, and presents the benefits and limitations of introducing ICTs in government operations.
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    Khanya-aicdd briefing 1: emerging lessons on action learning

    The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008
    Action learning is about learning from actions and applying what is learnt back into the next experience, an ongoing process. This briefing presents lessons of how to use action learning to improve the development and implementation of policies and practices that actually benefit the poor.
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    Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology

    Commonwealth Youth and Development, 2007
    Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earning an income, supporting or inhibiting the development of social networks, and influencing their health and educational achievements.
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    Can parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception

    Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.
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    Africa’s success: evaluating accomplishments

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
    This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenarios in each country, and identifies the emerging challenges.
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    Global Corruption Report 2007

    Transparency International, 2007
    This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. The report provides comparative analysis of judicial corruption based on 32 country reports and provides
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    Transparency and accountability in Africa’s extractive industries: the role of legislature

    National Democratic Institute, 2007
    This report identifies the challenges that African legislators face in overseeing their countries’ oil and mining industries, as well as best practices in use around the world and recommendations for future engagement.

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