Senior Researcher, Nick Branson, was quoted on the importance of the urban vote in deciding Zambia’s general elections.

Our Senior Researcher Nick Branson 's Briefing Note "South Africa’s watershed elections: Awry, the Beloved Country?" was featured in the Foreign Policy's Democracy Lab Weekly Brief.

Senior Researcher, Nick Branson, was quoted on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act, which has been overturned by South Africa's constitutional court.

This Briefing Note examines the backdrop to the municipal elections that are likely to be a watershed in South Africa’s democratic development.

South Africa's municipal elections will be the most competitive to date. The African National Congress (ANC) faces a challenge in four of the country’s eight metropolitan municipalities.

Maud Martei and Sandra Kwayisi assess the considerable opportunities for poverty reduction offered by the development of Ghana's agriculture sector

Museveni’s government is giving all attention to politics, policy design and planning instead of doing the small things that would make a big difference argues Ramathan Ggoobi

Jamie Hitchen attempts to read between the lines in an effort to understand some of President Museveni's recent actions in Uganda.

PDF version La croissance des grandes villes d’Afrique est si rapide que les gouvernements centraux et municipaux s’en trouvent accablés. Il y a un manque de planification stratégique ; des lacunes dans la prestation de services de base aux résidents s’élargissent de plus en...

Ramathan Ggoobi seeks to explain why Uganda’s economic progress is being limited by the ‘wrong obsessions’ of President Museveni.