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    People’s views of taxation in Africa: a review of research on determinants of tax compliance

    International Centre for Tax and Development, 2012
    What are the key determinants of taxpayer compliance? And which features of citizen-state relations govern attitudes and behaviour regarding taxation? This paper examines the analytical foundation, methodological approaches and key findings of available empirical literature on taxpayer behaviour in Africa.
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    Legislation on the for-profit private health sector in east and southern Africa

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2013
    International evidence shows that, if left unregulated, the for-profit sector may lead to distortions in the quantity, distribution and quality of health services, as well as anti-competitive behaviour (Marriott 2009).
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    Too poor to care?: the salience of aids in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2011
    Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world that is most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, yet surveys of attitudes to AIDS across African countries show that most people do not attach great importance to the issue. The current paper argues that the salience of AIDS is low in Africa because many people are too poor to consider the disease important.
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    The political participation of Africa’s youth: turnout, partisanship and protest

    Afrobarometer, 2011
    The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilisation in Africa, but very little is known about the political participation of Africa’s youth. The current paper focuses on different modes of political participation among the youth living in Africa’s more democratic regimes.
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    Who says elections in Ghana are ‘free and fair’?

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    Since 2000, elections in Ghana have been lauded by observers as being “free and fair”; however, the losing political party has consistently contested the election results.
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    After a decade of growth in Africa, little change in poverty at the grassroots

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Afrobarometer data on lived poverty in Africa provide an important basis for testing assumptions about the effects of the continent’s recent economic growth on poverty reduction. The current paper indicates that Afrobarometer data from 34 countries reveal a disconnect between reported growth and the persistence of poverty among ordinary citizens.
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    Africa rising?: popular dissatisfaction with economic management despite a decade of growth

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Many African individuals still experience regular shortages of basic necessities, and rates of “lived poverty” remain high. In this context, the current paper shows that across 34 countries, a majority (53%) rate the current condition of their national economy as “fairly” or “very bad”, while just 29% offer a positive assessment.
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    The partnership of free speech & good governance in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Much of Africa has undergone a radical transformation in terms of the freedom to communicate in the last two decades, but despite the opening and expansion of media and technology, freedom of expression is still enjoyed unequally across Africa.
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    Governments falter in fight to curb corruption: the people give most a failing grade

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    Corruption punishes the poor the most. This paper underlines that poor Africans perceive higher levels of corruption in their state institutions and are more likely to pay a bribe in order to obtain official documents, gain access to public services or avoid a problem with the police.
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    What people want from government: basic services performance ratings, 34 countries

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    The current paper relies on an Afrobarometer survey that asked people in 34 African countries to rate the governmental performance in their countries regarding basic services. The paper shows that Africans hold largely negative views about their governments’ performance on key services such as delivery of water and maintaining sanitary conditions, as well as supplying electricity.

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