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Education | The Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children's Education in Rural West Africa: Results from the CREO Study in Guinea-Bissau (Comprehensive Review of Education Outcomes)
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Governance and MDG, Academic/Think TankWe conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of children were able to add two single digits, and just 19% were able to read and comprehend a simple...
The State of Political Pluralism and Democracy at Local Government Level in Uganda
Africa, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Academic/Think TankFrom January 2009 to June 2010, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with the Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF) implemented the project “Strengthening Civil Society, Media and Local Councils’ Capacity to Promote Political Pluralism, Democratic Participation and Representation at Local Government Level in Uganda”, which was funded by the European Union through the European...
Measuring well-being I different approaches, their implications and an illustration | Development Progress
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Academic/Think TankThis Project Note examines three methods of measuring progress that allow us to compare the performance of different countries. It argues that the methods we employ to measure progress matter, illustrating the diverse results that are generated in a comparison of performance in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The note summarises how the findings inform the measurement component of ODI’s...
Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think TankBackground The literature on health systems focuses largely on the performance of healthcare systems operationalised around indicators such as hospital beds, maternity care and immunisation coverage. A broader definition of health systems however, needs to include the wider determinants of health including, possibly, governance and its relationship to health and health equity. The aim of this...
Guide for Community Assessment on Women's Health
Africa, Civil Society, Framework, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis framework is a tool for civil society organizations and organizations of people living with HIV to improve women’s access to health care among communities hard-hit by the AIDS epidemic. The guide is designed to help these organizations facilitate community assessments on women’s health care, using participatory methods that involve not only members of the community, but also...
Dumping on women : gender and privatisation of waste management
Africa, Book, Governance and Gender, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankThis book is based on research conducted in the South African municipalities of Thabazimbi, Sol Plaatje and Johannesburg. The aim of the research was to find out how privatization of waste management services affected men and women differently and if privatization makes it harder for municipalities to promote equity between women and men. The Introduction explains the research and some of the key...
Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes About Democracy
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Media, Academic/Think TankThe success of a democracy depends, in part, on public demand for democratic institutions. How does Internet use shape citizens' preferences for regime type? Combining individual public opinion data from Africa and Asia with country-level indices, we test a multilevel model examining the relationship between Internet penetration, individual Internet use, and citizen demand for...
Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Academic/Think Tank, DonorBlurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies provides a summary of nearly a decade of research on citizen engagement done by the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (the Citizenship DRC). The brief note Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies has been produced by the Development Research Centre on...
First annual report on corruption trends in Uganda: Using the data tracking mechanism
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Corruption, Academic/Think TankCorruption remains an impediment to development and a barrier to poverty reduction in Uganda and in many other African countries. This study has defined corruption as “abuse of office for private gain” and recent surveys, coupled with nationally produced data, indicate that corruption in Uganda is a problem, both at national and local government levels. The Data...
Are swing voters instruments of democracy or farmers of clientelism? Evidence from Ghana
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Political Parties, Academic/Think TankThis paper states that is one of the first to systematically address the question of whether strength of ethnic identity, political parties’ campaigns, poverty, or evaluation of clientelism versus collective/public goods, determines who becomes a persuadable voter in Africa. The paper conducts an empirical analysis using a unique data set from a survey conducted ahead of Ghana’...