Commentaries

Populism and Participatory Democracy: Why Elections are not enough

Monday, June 30, 2008 

Kwesi JonahAs part of the decision to integrate a series of roundtables that will question the relevance of institutions that define progress, we invited Mr. Kwesi Jonah, a leading expert on political economy who engaged our 40-member class on the topic "Populism and Participatory Democracy: Why Elections are not enough." Mr. Jonah based his lecture on the broader context of the co-resurgence of republicanism referring both to institutions and sovereignty and public diplomacy as collaborating strands of anti-populist discourse across Africa as evident in the recent crises in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Video reports of Mr. Jonah's lecture will be made available at a future date. Please see some photos here..  

Franklin Cudjoe : Personal view: Rock-star economics are not helping poor Africans

17/04/2005 Telegraph.co.uk

Have you purchased your obligatory white band? Did Sir Bob Geldof send you an e-mail recently, reminding you to ogle his celebrity colleagues "clicking" away on television? Did you join the all-night vigil at Westminster Abbey to shiver in the cold and "wake up the government" about the need to "make poverty history"?

Franklin Cudjoe : Globalization Rocks, but African Leaders Fail to Understand It

Independent Institute, November 7, 2005

Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa will step down this week, complying with his constitutional term limits. He will be the third African leader in recent times to honorably leave office following the departure of Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Jerry Rawlings of my country, Ghana.

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