Africa Research Institute

In this interview Kanouté discusses his own experiences of participatory budgeting in Matam and the opportunities for a nationwide project with sustainable impact in Senegal.

Paul Adams tries to make sense of Lagos, its “free-spirited political elite” and the model of development which has seen it labelled a Nigerian exception.

Kayode Samuel argues that Nigeria’s elections are about two quarrelsome camps, with little ideological divergence, each seeking a popular mandate to determine the nation’s future.

Although never popular, taxation is an essential component of consensual and representative government. Property tax has been posited as the ideal source of income for municipal governments.

Geographical Magazine features ARI's "2015: Elections in Africa" interactive map and resource page in this article. Reporter Tom Hart spoke to ARI's Maya Prabhu about the resource and the upcoming polls on the continent.

Speakers: Professor Mick Moore (International Centre for Tax and Development), Dr Nara Monkam (Director of Research - African Tax Administration Forum)

ARI blog, "The Donors and Dodoma," by Maya Prabhu, was published as an 'Analysis' piece in Tanzanian daily The Citizen on December the 24th.

Tanzanian English-language daily The Citizen ran our blog article, "Tanzanian Politics at a Crossroads," in its December 17th issue.

Maya Prabhu considers the adverse consequences for Tanzania’s parliament of the country’s heavy dependence on overseas aid as it enters an election year.

Jamie Hitchen questions whether Sierra Leone’s government has sufficiently bridged the gap between promises and reality in fighting the Ebola virus and asks what might be the long term consequences.