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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, 2006Since 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.DocumentAfrica’s success: evaluating accomplishments
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007This 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.DocumentIn the best interests of the child: harmonising laws in Eastern and Southern Africa
African Child Policy Forum, 2007This report reviews and analyses how far 19 Eastern and Southern African countries have gone in harmonising and implementing the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC, or 'the African Charter').DocumentThe politics of what works in tackling chronic poverty
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007This policy brief looks at the role that politics plays in shaping efforts towards poverty reduction.DocumentThe impact of liberalisation on the South African economy: the case of the tourism and clothing sectors
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007This paper summarises the main findings from a one-day policy dialogue on “The Impact of Liberalisation on the South African Economy: The case of the tourism and clothing sectors” held in May 2007 in South Africa. Questions guiding the dialogue included:DocumentGlobal Corruption Report 2007
Transparency International, 2007This 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 providesDocumentMaking a hero book
Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative For Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2006This manual leads children and youth, in groups, through a series of autobiographical story telling and art exercises, designed to explore solutions and to mobilise a community response, in the face of specific personal and social challenges.DocumentMirror on the media: gender and advertising in Southern Africa
Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2007Covering 1,650 radio, television, print and billboard advertisements in Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, this study establishes how women and men are represented and portrayed in advertising. Key findings of the study include:DocumentThe extent and effects of casualisation in southern Africa: analysis of Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2006This study explores the extent of casualisation in the southern African region’s formal sector and its impact on workers and the economy. It is based on country studies in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Some of the conclusions include: LesothoDocumentWhat do Social Movements achieve for the chronically poor?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Social movements link people and organisations through their collective response to issues that affect participants. Poor people in many countries, lacking social status and economic or political power, often find that collective action is the only way to achieve change.Pages