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Governance – Analysis and Comment
New Zealanders pay the costs of poor environmental and infrastructural governance, but have little opportunity to influence policy in the first place. Here’s how that could change.
Africa’s urban challenges are increasingly well known and documented. But the amount of data produced on urban Africa still pales in comparison to other parts of the world.
Authority culpability as a facet of road accidents has been overlooked in Ghana.
In the wake of anti-Asian violence in North America, we need to demand accountability and not just stop after performing mental health check-ins.
ECOWAS needs to be decisive in enforcing its protocols and sanctioning members that flout the provisions of its protocols and policies.
Issoufou has failed to strengthen fundamental democratic rights. If anything, the Issoufou era is a textbook case of democratic backsliding.
South Africa needs a way to incorporate active citizens within the prevailing constitutional and legal structures, so as to strengthen all levels of government.
The EU has already poured billions of euros into its assistance programs for the Sahel countries. The fundamental principles of this aid need to be rethought if it is to be truly effective.
In Ghana and elsewhere in Africa, NGO policies directing children’s welfare ignore indigenous knowledge on childhood, and how it can aid the sustainable implementation of interventions.
Kimi Makwetu embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution.
Given its natural resources and people, Nigeria should be a prosperous nation, but after 60 years of self governance, the country now ranks as the world poverty capital.
Bad behaviour and toxic culture at a company can be corrected if the organization’s board of directors states clearly the values they are looking for in a CEO.
The centralised system that made NZ’s initial pandemic response so successful also explains the recent failures at the border.
Female traditional leaders are an important community bloc that needs to be utilised more often.
There is concern over the growing influence of non-regional players in decision making at the regional bank.
The stalemate in Tshwane is a manifestation of coalition arrangements that serve the partisan interests of parties, to the detriment of citizens.
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
Africa is now formally free of colonial rule. Yet, the aim of remembering and furthering the fight for self determination remains relevant as ever.
US and international law conflicts about who would be in charge if a private company established a Moon base or colonized Mars.
COVID-19 has brought to the fore the interdependency of business and society. It’s time for amendments to the social contract that underlies societal support for business.
Governments must take note of specific geographic contexts and local attributes that drive water insecurity.
South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.
The most popular broadcast medium in Ghana has gone through a politically fuelled evolution that has strengthened it.
The digitization of health care in Canada has been a bumpy ride — due to lack of focus on governance, and lack of emphasis on interoperability, transparency and accountability.