Policy Voices

“Traditional” medicine must be modern, professional and based in science if it is to contribute to improving health systems and outcomes in Africa.

Food shortages are the root cause of poverty in Gutu. Participatory research, community engagement and traditional knowledge have transformed food security.

La fiscalité figure parmi les priorités actuelles de l’Afrique. Ce Policy Voice décrit comment le Burundi a commencé à améliorer la capacité de percevoir son revenus fiscales.

Professor Ngau describes how the University of Nairobi and other institutions have sought to revitalise – and make more progressive – the education and training that Kenyan planners receive.

Tax is high on the agenda in Africa. This Policy Voice describes how Burundi set out to improve its capacity to collect domestic revenues.

On the eve of the 2012 local elections, prominent Somalilanders reflect on their country’s political stability, the role of institutions and national development priorities.

The chief law reform at the Malawi Law Commission explains the importance of continuous, systematic law reform in young democracies and the role that it can play in upholding the credibility and effectiveness of the judiciary.

Fouzia Ismail relates what has been done to train a new generation of nurses and midwives, improve standards of patient care and foster regulation of the health sector.

Martha Byanyima chronicles the history and development of agricultural standards in Africa and argues that they provide an opportunity to increase the continent’s presence in global trade.

In this highly personal and keenly argued commentary, James Gikunju Muuru makes the first detailed response by an African smallholder to the controversy over ‘food miles’. His account describes the serial feats of coordination, discipline, productivity and manual...