Country specific analyses
This paper is focused on assessing the APRM's Programmes of Action, taking into account that in the cases of South Africa and Rwanda the majority of recommendations were ignored.
View file (338.18 kB)This paper provides basic information with regard to the APRM's history and review process. It also provides a brief look at the first APRM country to undergo the review - Ghana (by Monica Juma)
Ghana was the first African country to gain independence and also the first to subject itself to scrutiny by its peer. This paper examines the highs and lows as the country underwent self examination review.
This paper examines the APRM review and processes in the first three APRM pioneer countries - Ghana, Kenya and Mauritius (by Grant Masterson)
This paper examines Angola as a small oil-exporting country which suffers from bad governance practices by corrupt politicians (by David Sogge (FRIDE))
This paper discusses Open Democracy Advice Centre's (ODAC) role in the South African APRM process and the challenges that came along the way (by Nick Hutchings, Mukelani Dimba,and Alison Tilley).
This paper is focused on describing the challenges faced by civil society organisations throughout the Uganda APRM process (by Juliet Nakato Odoi)
This is a review of the APRM self-assessment process conducted in Ethiopia. The review identifies strengths and weaknesses of the process and examines the level of credibility and public participation. Through this evaluation, the report analyses the level of involvement of the various stakeholders in the implementation of the APRM and the circumstances under which the process was carried out. The report is specifically concerned with the nature, course and outcome of civil society engagement and the political and ideological imperatives behind it. (by Tigist Fisseha and Medhane Tadesse, AfriMAP)
This book focuses on resource flows for poverty alleviation and development in South Africa (by Adam Habib and Brij maharaj)
This report combines four papers that use Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to discuss delivery by the state in Southern Africa.
This paper provides an analysis of the APRM process in Rwanda and the issues that arose due to the government's tight control of the process. (by Eduard Jordaan)
This paper discusses the lessons to be garnered in a test case that not only dealt with capacity constraints but also with the very incipiency of the process.
Newspaper interview with the Head of APRM Support Unit at ECA (by Kojo Busia)
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A list of recommendations with regard to the APRM process (by Hanss Siedel Foundation)
This paper reviews Mozambique in terms of citizenship, participation in the political process, elections, political parties, traditional authority, local government and development assistance.
This paper summarises and analyses the First Report on the Implementation of South Africa’s African Peer Review Mechanism Programme of Action (Implementation Report).
The Rwandan APRM review showed that the country is making progress after the 1994 genocide.
This paper discussion the South African government's reaction to the APRM Report and recommendations.