Latest Resources
Improving Local Governance for Improved Service Delivery through FM Radio Broadcasting in the Rwenzori region: Project Assessment Report
Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil SocietyThe rural women and youths – who comprise 75 percent of the total population – in seven districts of the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda face serious manipulation, and many times, intimidated to access public information and knowledge sharing on democratic dialogue and monitoring public accountability for improved service delivery from their political leaders. This is because of illiteracy,...
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa:Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Article / Working Paper, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, DonorAlthough recent developments have increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda’s nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one of a few models to address these issues at the required scale. A rigorous empirical analysis that is used to evaluate the pilot for this program highlights four main effects; namely, (i) significant and large investment impacts that are particularly...
The Development and Use of Governance Indicators in Africa: a Comparative Study
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Paul Graham, Stefan Gilbert and Karin Alexander, Idasa Good governance is one of the bedrocks of successful development. The ability to assess governance is therefore important both in terms of how that evidence can be used to influence policy and how policy can, in turn, influence governance outcomes. Assessments are also useful to establish benchmarks, objectives and...
East Africa Bribery Index 2010
Africa, Corruption, Report, Civil SocietyThe East African Bribery Index is a governance tool developed to measure bribery levels in the private and public sectors in the region. The index registers the firsthand experiences of the residents of the region with regard to service delivery and corruption. It seeks to establish the extent of bribery by seeking information on where the respondents were asked to pay bribes, if they...
The Joint Governance Assessment in Rwanda (ppt)
Africa, Democracy, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered by William Gasafari of the Rwandan Governance Advisory Council to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
The African Peer Review Mechanism: lessons from the pioneers
Africa, Book, Civil Society, Democracy, Human Rights, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankWithout doubt, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is one of the boldest ideas that African leaders have come up with in the recent past. It is potentially the most important reform ever to emerge from the continent and may mark the start of a new kind of African diplomacy. This book is therefore intended as a guide that would both analyse the internal dynamics of the APRM and offer...
Rwanda: Joint governance assessment report
Africa, Democracy, Governance and MDG, Report, Civil Society, GovernmentThis report is an assessment of governance in Rwanda and is aimed at establishing a common understanding of governance progress, problems and priorities on the basis of agreed indicators and benchmarks. The report states that its objectives are threefold: To analyze the existing institutions, laws and practices affecting governance in Rwanda and to propose...
Strengthening African Governance: index of African governance result and rankings
Africa, Corruption, Global Index, Human Rights, Justice, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development - are provided within Africa’s 53 countries. The Index offers a report card on the accomplishments of each government for...
The African Peer Review Mechanism: A compilation of studies of the process in nine African countries
Africa, Civil Society, Civil SocietyThis publication is a compilation of reviews of the implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) commissioned by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) of the Open Society Foundations network. The reviews identify challenges that all stakeholders involved in reforming the APRM should be aware of and commit to resolving. The countries covered in this...