Debating democracy in Africa
Idasa ranks 3332 in Africa and 2080 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 1288, and 1552 according to page views:
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Please join Tactical Tech, Idasa and Wingseed Media for the screening of 10 tactics for turning information into action. A 50-minute documentary film, by Tactical Tech, about rights advocacy in the digital age. ‘10 tactics’ tells 25 compelling stories of innovative rights activist around the world who’ve successfully used information and digital
“We should not have to be dragooned into setting high standards in public life. We should willingly seek maximum openness about what our public representatives do, and receive.” These words are as true today as they were in 1996, when senior African National Congress member Kader Asmal said them.
Leo and Raynor Listen to Leo from ISODEC (Ghana) and Raynor from Elimu Yetu (Kenya) on the work they are doing on education rights in Africa. Both were participants at a training workshop on using “Media for Advocacy” in Tanzania in February 2010, for partners and colleagues around
Idasa’s Nancy Dubosse (head of research; EGP) is in Haiti with Hands on Disaster Response, an organisation that specializes in rubble removal and other post-disaster needs. She is based in the city of Leogane. Here she shares some of the anxieties inherent in her work … Last week we experienced four
This study probes the connection between resources and outcomes in South African public schools. It aims to develop a deeper understanding of the effects of socio-economic segregation and inadequate resources on the lives of poor learners. Education is a potent tool in the fight against poverty and other forms
A Case Study of Chad, Angola, Gabon, and Sao Tome é Principe This report describes the context in which political power is exercised in the four countries that are the subject of the study. It will show how policies are shaped and how one might engage with
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Idasa’s Nancy Dubosse (head of research; EGP) is in Haiti with Hands on Disaster Response, an organisation that specializes in rubble removal and other post-disaster needs. She is based in the city of Leogane. They have already cleared four homes that had collapsed. One belonged to the neighbourhood TV/radio repairman.
- By Nancy Dubosse - A lot has been written about Haiti’s unserviceable debt, given its poverty. I would like to turn the spotlight onto the reasons why debt relief has been given. When the G7 announced that it would be cancelling outstanding bilateral debt and urging the international
- By Nancy Dubosse - This week the scarlet letter is worn by the international financial institutions (IFIs). Two weeks ago, the IMF scored some kudos in the realm of public opinion, even among staunch IMF critics, for rescinding an emergency loan of $100 million to Haiti and re-offering
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