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Welcome
Power and Politics in Africa is a five-year programme of research and policy engagement launched in 2007. It brings together research centres and think-tanks in Africa, Europe and the USA with funding from the UK Department for International Development and the Advisory Board of Irish Aid. It is led by staff of the Overseas Development Institute, London.
The programme is dedicated to "discovering institutions that work for poor people". That means exploring the kinds of political, economic and social arrangements that, if adopted, would enable countries of sub-Saharan Africa to make faster progress towards development and the elimination of extreme poverty. We aim to identify ways of ordering politics and regulating power and authority that might work better than those now in place. We want to do that on the basis of a careful and critical look at what has worked well in Africa itself in the recent and not-so-recent past.
The programme's objectives combine research with research-training, organisational capacity strengthening and policy development. We aim to do the research in ways that recognise the substantial, if often underrated, resources for collective problem-solving that are to be found in African societies. In this way, we hope to contribute positive examples to shape a new vision of progress on the continent which will be attractive to emerging constituencies for change.
Welcome to the site! Our work is just beginning, but we are interested in exchanging views and knowledge with thinkers and activists who share our interest in institutional improvement in Africa, one of the most important challenges of our time. Please note that the site is available in both English and French.
Programme Director: David Booth, Overseas Development Institute
Programme Manager: Sonia Sezille, Overseas Development Institute
Latest Downloads
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APPP Working Paper 10, Local governance and public goods in Niger, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, July 2010 Eng More Info |
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APPP Working Paper 12, Developmental patrimonialism? The case of Malawi by Cammack, Kelsall with Booth, Jul 2010 Eng More Info |
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APPP Working paper 10, Gouvernance locale et biens publics au Niger, par Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Juillet 2010 Fr More Info |
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APPP Working Paper 11, Local Governance and public goods in Malawi by Diana Cammack and Edge Kanyongolo, July 2010 Eng More Info |
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