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Articles: Global Challenges to Democracy
[2008 October 03]
At a recent meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Community of Democracies (known informally as the Democracy Caucus of the UN), during the during the UN General Assembly, Paul Graham gave the attached statement about the global challenges to democracy.
Download the full statement below.
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Newsletters: Democracy in Action - September 08
[2008 September 30]
September has been a momentous month of politics in Africa. We have seen the first peaceful elections in Angola in 16 years, a deal finally brokered in Zimbabwe after eight years of turmoil and, just in the last two weeks, a shake-up of political personalities and presidents in South Africa...
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SAMP Migration Policy Series: Gender, Migration and Remittances in Southern Africa - 49
[2008 September 26]
Migrant remittances have become an important source of income for many developing countries, exceeding official development assistance. As a result, migration and remittance behaviour are becoming a growing focus of international attention. Understanding...
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Budget Briefs: Revenue estimation, the budget balance and fiscal accountability in South Africa
[2008 September 22]
The PIMS Budget Papers provide analysis of significant, topical budgeting questions to promote wide-ranging, informed debate on the best uses of public resources in South Africa.
The series covers:
• fiscal policy,
• the budget system,
•...
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Articles: Tsvangirai and Mugabe Sign New Deal
[2008 September 16]
On Monday 15th September, Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe signed a power sharing agreement on the way forward in Zimbabwe. See the details of this agreement, and the speeches made by Tsvangirai and Mugabe below.
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Articles: African Charter on Democracy, elections and governance
[2008 September 16]
On Democracy Day, 15th September, Civil Society organisations gathered at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg to discuss and analyze the merits of the African Union Charter on democracy, elections and governance.
The African Union early last...
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Research Reports: Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness - South Africa’s Road to Accra and Beyond
[2008 September 04]
In preparation for the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-3) in Accra, Ghana in September 2008, donors, governments and civil society organisations (CSOs) participated in a series of national consultative meetings. In South Africa this...
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Articles: Women's Rights in Conflict in Zimbabwe
[2008 September 03]
By: Kudakwashe Chitsike
The treatment of women during times of conflict led to the development of the Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Rights to Remedy and Reparation in May 2007. The Declaration is founded on the experience of women and...
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Articles: Idasa's HIV/AIDS Programme Contributes to MDGs
[2008 September 03]
Idasa's Governance and AIDS programme (GAP), with support from SIDA and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) has launched a five year programme, commencing in September 2008, as part of Idasa’s contribution to the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
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News Articles by IDASA staff: In Real Politics, Compromises Must Be Made
[2008 September 03]
By: Judith February
ARE African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe and secretary-general Gwede Mantashe getting a little fed up with “all or nothing” politics?
Motlanthe last week appointed former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool as an adviser in his office...
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