Tag Archives: Accountability

Uses and abuses of Per Diems in Africa: An issue for Evaluators?

July 14, 2016 7
Guy Blaise Nkamleu
Guy Blaise Nkamleu
Dr Guy Blaise Nkamleu is a chief country economist at the African Development Bank, and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the African Evaluation Journal (AEJ).
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My new book makes a compelling case on the devastating nature of per diem – i.e., daily allowance – systems in Africa. It supports the view that the per diem allowance system has become perverted and is now working against ... Read more »

The African Peer Review Mechanism: Learning from an Indigenous African Evaluation Tool

May 31, 2016 1
Steven Gruzd
Steven Gruzd
Steven Gruzd is head of the Governance and APRM Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg.
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African countries seem to be forever undergoing assessments and evaluations. Many stem from the governments of international development partners who have poured money into a plethora of projects, programmes and plans, and want to know what has worked and why. ... Read more »

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 »