Africa Power and Politics
Africa Power and Politics (APPP) is identifying ways of exercising power and doing politics that work for development. It is questioning conventional ideas about what ‘good governance’ should mean in the context of sub-Saharan Africa.APPP brings together researchers in France, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, the UK and the USA. More
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APPP Background Paper 12 Le transport a deux vitesses : gares routieres au Senegal par Sidy Cissokho Fevrier 2012
APPP Working Paper 21 Gouvernance locale: La delivrance de quatre biens publics dans trois communes nigeriennes, JP Olivier de Sardan, Fev 2012
APPP Policy Brief - Support to local problem-solving: Lessons from peri-urban Malawi by Diana Cammack - Feb 2012
APPP Policy Brief 05, Improving maternal health when resources are limited- Safe motherhood in rural Rwanda by Victoria Chambers, February 2012
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Title: New Working Paper: Local governance: the delivery of four public goods in three Nigérienne communes, JP Olivier de Sardan
16 Feb 2012
Title: New Policy Brief: Support to local problem-solving: Lessons from peri-urban Malawi, Diana Cammack
8 Feb 2012
Title: New APPP policy brief: Improving maternal health when resources are limited: Safe motherhood in rural Rwanda, V. Chambers
2 Feb 2012
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