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    Civil Society Participation in Uganda's APRM Process

    Ugandan NGOs faced challenges in influencing their national APRM process, but this paper shows that with resourcefulness, focus and energy, motivated groups can make a difference. In Uganda, umbrella organisations were appointed to represent civil s…

    Juliet Nakato Odoi

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Civil society participation
    • Minority Rights Group International (MRG)
    • Care International
    • Public administration
    • Civil society
    • Non-governmental organizations
    • Nonprofit organizations
    • Research institutes
    12 pages

    Publication

    Making the News: Why the APRM didn't

    In this paper, Brendan Boyle who covered the South African peer review process for the Sunday Times newspaper, reflects on why, in his opinion, the APRM failed to capture the imagination of the public and the press, and generate a national conversat…

    Brendan Boyle

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Media coverage
    • Civil society participation
    • Good governance
    • Civil society
    • Accountability
    • Public administration
    12 pages

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    Should All Africa's States Join the APRM?

    When the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – Africa’s governance monitoring and promotion instrument – was launched on 9 March 2003, it was voluntary. Given the sensitivity of governance reviews, its voluntary nature was deemed necessary, as revi…

    Steven Gruzd

    Yarik Turianskyi

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Country review reports
    • Governance
    • Accountability
    • Government productivity
    11 pages

    Article

    5 papers to read on APRM Day

    Africa’s most important governance self-evaluation and promotion instrument – the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – turns 15 today. We round up recent related research from our library. 

    • Governance and civil society
    3min

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    APRM and the Media: Getting the Story Right

    "Although the APRM is innovative and potentially headline-generating, it has so far failed to attract significant media coverage. It is aimed at improving their lives but most of the people of Africa do not know about it. This paper examines four f…

    Yarik Turianskyi

    Jeggan Grey-Johnson

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Governance
    • Media Reporting
    • Government productivity
    • Mass media and international relations
    21 pages

    Publication

    Maintaining Momentum? Civil Society and the APRM in Zambia

    "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is intended to assist member states to identify and eradicate governance problems. The review of Zambia found positives as well as negatives in the country’s governance practices. Without the participation o…

    Yarik Turianskyi

    Steven Gruzd

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Governance
    • Government productivity
    • Democratization
    • Civil society
    4 pages

    Publication

    Judicial Independence Under the APRM: From Rhetoric to Reality

    "The greatest challenges to good governance in Africa lie at the intersection of two problems: (i) low horizontal and vertical accountability, and (ii) weak constitutionalism. While courts are a critical player at these intersecting fault lines, th…

    Rachel Ellett

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Governance
    • Judicial Independence
    • Accountability
    • Constitutions
    • Rule of law
    35 pages

    Publication

    The APRM A Case Study in Democratic Institution Building?

    "This paper uses an institutional approach in analysing the progress made by the APRM across the currently signed up countries. It argues that the African leadership/government(s) is in the position of gate-keeper in this review exercise, hence, mea…

    Annie Barbara Chikwanha, Dr

    • Conflict resolution
    • Dialoguing
    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Democratization
    • Political participation
    • International cooperation
    16 pages

    Publication

    Do think tanks benefit from APRM work? Kenya’s experience

    This paper gives a view from three members of the research team employed in the Kenyan APRM Process as the Lead technical Agency (LTA) on socio-economic development issues, from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Nairobi. This…

    Rosemary Atieno

    Mohamud Jama

    Joseph Onjala

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Country self assessment
    • Think tanks
    • Civil society
    • Research institutes
    • Public administration
    14 pages

    Publication

    Strengthening Africa's Governance Architecture: Lessons from Lesotho's First APRM Processes

    "The discussion above was intended to review Lesotho’s experience as the twelfth AU country to undergo the APRM process and to draw lessons of benefit for the future. Based on the discussion above, it can be concluded broadly that despite some quest…

    Tšoeu Petlane

    • APRM process
    • Lesotho's APRM structures
    • Autonomy
    • Political stability
    13 pages

    Publication

    Role of Civil Society in the APRM Revitalization Agenda

    This were the remarks by Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri during the civil society conference organized by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA)

    Mwangi Kiunjuri

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Civil society
    4 pages

    Publication

    Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance Through the APRM

    Pan-Africanism has historically played a crucial role in shaping the foundations of African institutions, and continues to do so today. Divergent opinions on the structure of African institutions raise the question of how these ideologies should be…

    Lynda Iroulo

    • Pan-Africanism
    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • African Renaissance
    • Governance and civil society
    4 pages

    Publication

    The APRM and Migration Trends in Africa

    Migration is often identified as a last resort for people hoping to improve their standard of living. Favourable global conditions such as the demand for labour in destination countries and a booming international market have, in the past, made it r…

    Mmabatho Mongae

    • Immigration
    • Violent Conflict
    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Migration
    • Refugees
    • Internally displaced persons
    • Political Development
    19 pages

    Publication

    Africa's Untapped Resource: Analyzing Youth in the APRM

    Africa is the next frontier – a continent full of possibility, a market of untapped and underutilised natural and human resources. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the youth populations of African states. Africa in 2015 exists in a context in …

    Melanie Meirotti

    • Youth Employment
    • Education
    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Political Development
    • Economic development--Social aspects
    • Labour market
    24 pages

    Article

    The APRM at 15: Has African governance come of age?

    In the Americas, when a young Latina girl turns 15, she celebrates her fiesta de quinceañera, a coming of age ceremony. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Africa’s most important governance self-evaluation and promotion instrument – the African Peer Review …

    South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

    • Accountability
    5min

    Publication

    Removing Neo Colonialism's APRM Mask A Critique of the African Peer Review Mechanism

    "The arguments made here should suggest a rethink by any community-based organisation, social movement, non-governmental organisation and other progressive body if they are presently legitimating NEPAD policies, Bretton Woods Institution mandates, d…

    Patrick Bond

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Neocolonialism
    • Political Development
    • Democracy
    • Non-governmental organizations
    8 pages

    Publication

    Implementing the APRM: Views from Civil Society South Africa Report

    "This report reflects the views of a group of civil society researchers and activists – convened by the APRM Monitoring Project (AMP) – on the implementation of the APRM in South Africa. It takes as supplementary reference points South Africa’s Impl…

    South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

    • Violence
    • Corruption
    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Black Economic Empowerment
    • Nation Building
    • Service Delivery
    • Agrarian Reform
    • Civil society
    • Rule of law
    • Poverty
    • Children--Crimes against
    • Women--Crimes against
    • Elections
    94 pages

    Publication

    Lessons from Implementing the APRM National Programme of Action in Nigeria

    "The way in which the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has unfolded in Nigeria – a key regional player with Africa’s largest population – offers lessons and guidance to other participating APRM countries. The peer review process must be followe…

    Mouzayian Khalil-Babatunde

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • National Programme of Action
    • Government productivity
    • Civil society
    4 pages

    Publication

    South Africa's Implementation of the APRM: Making a Difference or Going Through the Motions

    "South Africa’s 2007 African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Report (CRR) identified numerous governance challenges. The country committed itself to eradicating these challenges through implementing a National Programme of Action (NPoA)…

    Yarik Turianskyi

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Governance
    • Government productivity
    • Political Development
    4 pages

    Publication

    Socio-economic Problems Facing Africa: Insights from six APRM Country Review Reports

    "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) tries to identify both problems facing participating countries and solutions to these problems. This paper seeks to identify common socio-economic development problems revealed in six African countries that…

    Terence Corrigan

    • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
    • Governance
    • Economic development
    • Socio-economic problems
    • Poverty
    • Economics--Sociological aspects
    • Comparative government
    • Comparative economics
    • Economic policy
    55 pages

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