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Sovereign Wealth: Two ways African governments can hold DFIs accountable

April 26, 2016 0
Edward Jackson
Edward Jackson
Ted Jackson is President of ET Jackson and Associates Ltd, and Senior Research Fellow at Carleton University.
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At a time when Africa’s rise has been stalled by a slow-down in the Chinese economy, depressed global commodity prices, continuing electricity brownouts, sustained high youth unemployment, and high-profile terrorist attacks,  there is little question that African governments need the ... Read more »

Walking the Tightrope: Promoting demand for evaluation evidence in South Africa

February 19, 2016 2
Ian Goldman
Ian Goldman
Dr Ian Goldman, Head of Evaluation and Research, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in The Presidency, Republic of South Africa
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In South Africa we have now established a government-wide evaluation system, with evaluation happening at national and provincial levels (but not yet local government). A total of 47 evaluations are completed or underway, covering $6 billion of government expenditure, with ... Read more »