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Ending poverty in Ghana: the role for agriculture

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

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
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Museveni’s misdirection: Reading between the lines in Uganda

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

Ramathan Ggoobi seeks to explain why Uganda’s economic progress is being limited by the ‘wrong obsessions’ of President Museveni.
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RFI, 22 June 2016

Our Policy Researcher Jamie Hitchen was interviewed by RFI on Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's new cabinet appointements.
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“More time”…to eat? Money and politics in Sierra Leone

Following his look at the street level view of corruption in Sierra Leone, Jamie Hitchen examines how corruption and politics are increasingly intertwined.
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Lesotho and the limits of electoral reform

Timothy S. Rich & Vasabjit Banerjee explore the pitfalls of electoral reforms in Lesotho
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Who Really Governs Urban Ghana?

Slums play a central role in Ghanaian politics. The way that they are really governed, how “hidden” informal networks interact with formal politics, and how citizens hold their leaders to account, are too often overlooked.