We want to know what you think are the important topics on the lead up to the EU-Africa Summit 2014 in April. In early September we will be setting up an external webpage, which will provide a space for debates and discussions around all the key issues on the run up to the Summit. We want as many voices as possible and that’s where you come in. Blog guidelines The blogs need to be no more than 800 words. They can cover any topic you like as long as it is relevant to Africa Europe ...
NEPAD has launched the Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) website. It provides access to news and resources, such as case studies, on aid effectiveness, capacity development, and South-South cooperation. Information can also be searched by country and the Policymakers Forum gives room for discussions.
Robert Chambers of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex argues in these two posts on the Aid on the Edge of Chaos blog (click also here) that many of the failures of development policy and practice have stemmed from the dominance of the “things paradigm”. In the last decade, linear logic, assumptions of predictability, objectively verifiable indicators, impact assessments, logframes and results-based management were more and more required by donors and increasingly applied to the uncontrollable, unpredictable, diverse and less measurable “people and processes paradigm”. Shifts in technology and advances in the complexity sciences are ...
The Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa. In the ongoing debate on the search of properly “African” measurements of governance for Africa, the Afrobarometer stands out as the most comprehensive source on the actual experiences and perceptions of African citizens on a range of issues including democracy and governance, economic reform, and other critical political and social issues in the continent.
An undertaking by the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Makerere University, and the South African Institute of International Affairs, the Africa Portal offers open access to a suite of features including an online library collection holding over 2,500 books, journals, and digital documents; a resource for opinion and analysis; an experts directory; an international events calendar; and a mobile technology component—all aimed to equip users with research and information on Africa’s current policy issues.
