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Is democratic governance is well on the way to becoming a global entitlement, one that is increasingly promoted and protected by the collective international process?
This work examines the interrelationship between governance and poverty alleviation in Africa and the impact of democratic reform on this relationship. There has been a new approach to the question of governance in Africa on the part of the international community. Economic aid and other forms of financial assistance are conditional on good governance. African states themselves in the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) have recognized good governance as a precondition to development. They have devised standards for economic and political governance.
Democratic reform in Africa has been slow, difficult and at times painful. Nevertheless, sufficient time has passedto begin to assess what progress, if any, Africa has made in addressing the need for the consolidation of democratic reform and the resolution of considerable developmental challenges.
Muna Ndulo is Professor of Law atCornell University
North America: Ohio U Press
Contents
Foreword by Robert Kent; Introduction: democratic reform in Africa by Johann Kriegler; Democracy in Africa: what future? by Joel Barkan; Legal drafting for democratic social change by Ann Seidman & Robert Seidman; The South African constitution as a mechanism for redressing poverty by Penelope Andrews; The role of civil society in governance & poverty alleviation by Peter Takirambudde; Decentralization: challenges of inclusion & equity by Muna Ndulo; Economic management & democratization by Tsatsu Tsikata; Legal techniques & agencies of accountability: human rights commissions in Commonwealth Africa by John Hatchard; Are Africa's economic reforms sustainable? Bringing governance back in by Brian Levy; Governance & gender equity by Colleen Lowe-Morna; The role of legal service organizations in attacking poverty by Daniel Manning; The media & information for democracy by Thomas Lansner; Constitution making, peace building & national reconciliation: Zimbabwe by Reginald Austin; African peer review of political governance: precedents, problematics & prospects by Douglas Anglin.
