Think Tanks, Governance, and Development in Africa

Frank L.K. Ohemeng, Joseph R.A. Ayee (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2024
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80037-986-2 (ISBN)

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This significant book addresses an important missing link in the literature on politics, governance, public policy and administration in sub-Saharan Africa. It contributes to the understanding of emergent independent institutions that are now playing active roles in formulating and implementing public policies and programs in these countries.

Bringing together an array of esteemed academics and practitioners, this book surveys the landscape of think tanks in sub-Saharan Africa and provides in-depth case studies of the policy terrain in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa. With the emergence of effective governance developing in the early 1990s and the opening up of hitherto closed authoritarian policy spaces, the authors explore the ways in which civil society groups are now a force to be reckoned with as they attempt to successfully bring citizens into the policy making process. This prescient exploration of the challenges facing these institutions highlights good governance practice and proposes policy recommendations to better support civil society development in Africa.

Think Tanks, Governance, and Development in Africa is a vital read for academics, researchers and students specializing in development studies, regulation and governance, social policy in emerging countries and political science. Its case studies and practical recommendations are also of interest to policymakers, political advocates and practitioners working in African governance at both the global and national levels.

Edited by Frank L.K. Ohemeng, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Joseph R.A. Ayee, Vice President of the Arts Section, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

Contents:

1 Introduction and theoretical perspective on think tanks 1
Joseph R.A. Ayee and Frank L.K. Ohemeng
2 Survey of think tanks in Africa 27
E. Remi Aiyede and Adigun A.B. Agbaje
3 Think tanks and public policy-making: the case of Botswana 45
Emmanuel Botlhale
4 Think tanks in Cameroon 65
Jean Cedric Kouam, Francis Tazoacha and Denis A. Foretia
5 Think tanks, governance and development: the Ghanaian
perspective 86
Frank L.K. Ohemeng and Joseph R.A. Ayee
6 Think tanks and policy visibility during the COVID-19
responses in Kenya 112
Japheth O. Ondiek and Gedion Onyango
7 Think tanks, governance and development in Nigeria 139
Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju and Omosefe Oyekanmi
8 Think tanks, governance, and development in Africa: the
case of Rwanda 158
Eugenia Kayitesi
9 Think tanks in Senegal: working to inform and influence
national (and regional) public policies 181
Elias Ayuk, Ibrahima Hathie and Cheikh Oumar Ba
10 Think tanks and governance in South Africa 199
Bright Nkrumah and Radhamany Soorymoorthy
11 Conclusion to Think Tanks, Governance, and
Development in Africa 219
Joseph R.A. Ayee and Frank L.K. Ohemeng

Erscheinungsdatum	23.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Nonprofit Research series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-80037-986-2 / 1800379862
ISBN-13	978-1-80037-986-2 / 9781800379862
Zustand	Neuware