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This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the reforms have been limited to these kinds of gains - producing new …
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Electoral coalitions are becoming increasingly popular among opposition parties in Africa because they offer many … in terms of their policy orientation. Based on a dataset spanning all opposition coalitions since 2000 in Africa …
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Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining...
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Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibit such positive deviance. These theories...
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Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'....
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How does aid impact democracy in sub-Saharan Africa? Drawing on existing literature, this study elaborates on the …
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strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper … argues that the nature of party competition in Africa, combined with rapid urbanization and informalization of the labour … Africa intersect with voting behaviour and political party development. …
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The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region … generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa's youth. In … order to address this issue, we combine country-level variables for 19 of Africa's most democratic countries with individual …
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