Guardian blog by David Booth

4 May 2011

Time to avoid the dictatorship v democracy debate in Africa

For good governance in Africa we should be thinking more actively about alternatives to the agenda that western donors have been pushing since 1989, writes APPP director David Booth 4 May 2010

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Guardian blog: Time to avoid the dictatorship v democracy debate in Africa

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