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Local governance and ICTs in Africa: Case studies and guidelines for implementation and evaluation
International Development Research Centre, 2011This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be used to change the governance architecture in Africa.DocumentInvestigating whether apprenticeship pays off in Ghana
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009Ghana has a highly developed apprenticeship system where young men and women undertake private training in specific areas. Apprentices are usually self-employed or employed by small firms in the increasingly important informal sector. Little is known, however, about how well apprenticeship pays relative to more formal training and academic education.DocumentWhat can African governments do about failed ‘globalisation?’
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Globalisation in Africa has failed. Not because, as is traditionally argued, African governments haven’t adopted the right structural adjustment policies (SAPs), or because their effects take time to show. Structural adjustment has failed because the policies have sidestepped the developmental needs of Africa.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.DocumentGhana’s new regulatory environment is not helping small businesses
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important to economic growth and development in Ghana. But they continue to face many constraints to growth. How does the current government’s private sector strategy affect SMEs? And what impact is regulation having on their performance?DocumentThe destination of exports determines wages in sub-Saharan Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007International trade is believed to stimulate growth and raise wages in developing countries. But there is little evidence on the impact of trade on individual workers’ incomes. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) does exporting tend to raise or lower wages for manufacturing workers?DocumentThe positives and negatives of children's independent migration: assessing the evidence and the debates
Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2006This paper looks broadly at the positives and negatives of children’s experiences of migration. It focuses on the dangers and pitfalls that independent child migrants report, along with the perceived benefits and opportunities.DocumentVoices of child migrants: a better understanding of how life is
Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2006There is a significant gap between how children see their own experiences of migration and the way that child migrants are often represented. This report presents accounts from 16 children from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, India and Ghana who were interviewed in the course of the Migration DRC research so as to highlight what children themselves think and say about their lives.DocumentThe "skills drain" of health professionals from the developing world: a framework for policy formulation
Medact, 2005This paper from MedAct examines policy towards health professionals’ migration from perspective of economics and governance. The authors argue that current policy responses to migration of health professionals from low income developing countries underestimate the pressures for migration, and mis-identify the reasons for rising migration.DocumentLiberalised cotton markets in Africa: what could bring success?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Cotton is an important crop for many sub-Saharan African countries. In west Africa the cotton sectors were, until recently, managed as state monopolies, while in southern and eastern Africa they were liberalised around a decade ago. Finding a balance between competition and coordination is central to the success of cotton liberalisation.Pages