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Transparency & silence: a survey of access to information laws and practices in fourteen countries
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2006The ability of citizens to request and receive information on the workings of their government is crucial to ensure transparency and accountability. This report provides a snapshot on the state of access to information in fourteen countries. It provides the results of a study undertaken to discover how government offices and agencies respond to specific requests for information.DocumentAnglo American: the alternative report
War on Want, 2007This report documents the performance of the world’s second largest mining company with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Despite Anglo American’s participation in various voluntary CSR initiatives, it continues to abuse human rights, fuel conflict and damage the local environment and livelihoods.DocumentImproving basic education: post-basic education and training
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Many of the poorest countries are moving quickly towards providing primary education for all. Foreign donors have increased their support for the provision and monitoring of these efforts, but they could be wasted – and even damage the interests of poor people – if not enough attention is given to systems of post-basic education and training.DocumentThe effect of increased education on employment for Kenyan women
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Creation of wage jobs has not kept up with rapid growth in the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, since the 1990s employment has become dominated by the informal sector, particularly for women. How has this affected the gender gap in employment? Does education increase women’s participation in the labour force?DocumentInnovation for land rights in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Many people in Africa do not have the security of formal titles to land. Policymakers can learn from the various approaches that different countries have taken to improve land tenure security.DocumentParliaments, politics and HIV/AIDS: A comparative study of five African countries
Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2006This paper provides an assessment on the national parliaments of Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa use of their oversight function to inform and monitor national HIV and AIDS responses.OrganisationResearch ICT Africa Network
The Research ICT Africa Network conducts research on ICT policy and regulation that facilitates evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social devDocumentPolitical parties in Africa: challenges for sustained multiparty democracy
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007This paper analyses the status of multiparty democracy in Africa, looking particularly at the role of political parties.DocumentThe link between primary education and democracy in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007It is argued that democratically elected governments may have a greater incentive than authoritarian regimes to provide their citizens with primary schooling. It is also argued that democracy may be reinforced by primary education encouraging democratic attitudes. Is there evidence of any truth in these statements in African countries?DocumentDeveloping flexible models for primary teacher training in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007In Africa, at least 20 countries are at risk of failing to meet the Education for All target. If reasonable student to teacher ratios are to be put in place, increasing the number and quality of teachers in primary education is essential. As the trend in training shifts away from traditional institutions, a more flexible approach is emerging in Africa.Pages