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Building Capacity for Government and non Government Stakeholders to conduct Governance Assessments for Monitoring National Development Plans: Experiences from the field and current support for nationally led. (ppt)
Africa, Justice, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered by Vanny Hampondela, Ministry of Justice, Zambia, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Governance Assessments for Monitoring National Development Plans: Challenges facing the Use of National Statistical Offices (ppt)
Africa, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered by Vanny Hampondela, Ministry of Justice, Zambia, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Working with different groups of stakeholders through the National Statistical Office (ppt)
Africa, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered by John Tembo Njovu, Zambia Revenue Authority, Zambia, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Policy effectiveness and China’s investment in the Zambian mining sector
Africa, Land Governance, Policy Document, Civil SocietyThis briefing describes some of the challenges facing the efforts of Zambian policymakers to secure sustainable benefits from the exploitation of the country’s mineral resources – which generate about two-thirds of the country’s foreign exchange, yet their contribution to national development remains contested for various reasons. It explores the investor-...
Zambian citizens, democracy and political participation
Africa, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Report, Civil SocietyThe end of one-party rule in Zambia towards the end of the 1980’s, resulted in Zambians getting an opportunity to monitor the performance of their government on governance issues with a view to helping to shape their own destiny. The holding of multiparty elections in 1991 and the proliferation of political parties underscored their preference for democratic government. This briefing...
Lessons in effective citizen activism: the anti-third term campaign in Zambia
Africa, Civil Society, Democracy, Report, Civil SocietyIn 2001, Zambian President Frederick Chiluba tried to change the country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. However, a civil society-led campaign forced the President to abandon the plan. This paper details how the campaign was organised and why it proved effective. Activists from a range of civil society groups – among...
Democracy at the Local Level in East and Southern Africa: Profiles in Governance
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil SocietyThis detailed report presents some of the findings and recommendations of four comprehensive assessments of local democracy in four cities in East and Southern Africa - Gaborone City, Botswana; Lusaka, Zambia; Mwanza, Tanzania; and Nairobi, Kenya - conducted in late 2003 and early 2004. The evaluations were carried out by teams of specialists from each of the four cities; the teams...
Measuring ‘success’ in five African Anti-Corruption Commissions
Africa, Corruption, Report, Civil SocietyThis Report has been developed from the literature review and evaluation presented in the African Anti-Corruption Commissions, First Report: Overview and Issues (March, 2004). The findings here are based on the insights gained from five country visits to Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (July – October, 2004). The findings emerged from grouping previous...