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Searching with a thematic focus on Governance Assessments, Governance, Regional initiatives of assessing governance, Sub-Saharan Africa in South Africa

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    Proportional representation and popular assessments of MP performance in South Africa: a desire for electoral reform?

    Afrobarometer, 2009
    Electoral reform has been attracting increasing interest in South Africa and a panel of experts has recommended that South Africa’s electoral system be reformed into a mixed system that would include a constituency-based electoral system as one of its components.
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    Elections and accountability in South Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2009
    Allowing citizens to decide whether or not to extend a government’stenure through regular elections is the principal mechanism of politicalaccountability. It compels politicians to be more responsive to theelectorate’s needs. Citizens use their vote to choose better governmentsand to structure incentives for the incumbents that should induce themto behave while in office.
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    Managing for development results: a focus on Africa

    African Community of Practice, 2010
    Strong and effective institutions are fundamental to achieving sustainable development outcomes in Africa. Effort to achieve ownership, a key aspect of every development intervention,  is often lacking in African contexts. This publication provides concrete approaches to overcoming the issue through participatory processes and capacity building.
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    Consolidating democratic governance in the SADC region: transitions and prospects for consolidation

    Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, 2008
    The SADC region has made strides towards democratic governance but still faces numerous democratic deficits that need serious attention if democratic consolidation is to occur and endure. This study investigates causal and incidental linkages between political transitions on the one hand, and democracy and democratisation on the other, within the Southern African context.
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    Positioning civil society post-Polokwane: coming to terms with ANC political leadership changes

    Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010
    In 2007 South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) was overhauled in what was seen as a revolt against the leadership of former Party President Thabo Mbeki.
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    Assessing the role of councillors in service delivery at local government level in South Africa

    Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010
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    Social Accountability in Africa: Practitioners’ Experiences and Lessons

    Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2010
    There 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.
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    The APRM process in South Africa

    Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2010
    This report reviews the process of implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in South Africa. It focuses on the national process leading to the adoption of a country self-assessment and on the roles of the various stakeholders. The paper raises a number of findings, including:
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    Common African political governance issues: lessons from six early APRM reports

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    This paper analyses the discussion and recommendations about Africa's pressing political governance issues - including the separation of powers, election management and corruption - from the APRM reports of Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, Algeria and Benin.
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    Making the news: why the African Peer Review Mechanism didn’t

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has not generated a national conversation in South Africa. This paper investigates the reasons for this failure of the APRM.

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