Annual
African Leaders' State of Africa Report
The Annual
African Leaders' State of Africa Report offers a much-needed commentary on politics and policies from the perspective of the individuals shaping those trends.
Presently, there are a couple of publications - the Competitiveness Report and Transparency International's Report on Corruption - that focus attention on Africa, though not exclusively. While both reports make a valuable contribution to understanding Africa's potential and problems, there is one critical perspective that has not been chronicled on an ongoing and systematic way: the perspective of leaders on the continent who are furthering democratic governance and free market reform. The African Leaders' Report is meant to address this glaring need.
| 2009 Report |
Released March 2010, in Johannesburg, South Africa
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| 2008 Report |
Released February 16, 2009, in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2007 Report |
Released February 19, 2008, at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2006 Report |
Released February 21, 2007, at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2005 Report |
Released February 22, 2006 at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2004 Report |
Released February 21, 2005 at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2003 Report |
Released on February 16, 2004 at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2002 Report |
Released on President's Day, February 17, 2003. |
To obtain a hard copy of the report, please email aparc@bu.edu.
An elite group of students from APARC’s American African Universities (AAU) Collaborative prepared regional comparative analysis papers of development issues using the African Leaders State of Africa Report 2009. Participating universities included Boston University in Massachusetts; Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia; the University of Ghana at Legon; and the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Faculty at each university identified students to participate in the project and held regular meetings with students as they developed their papers. Student Fellows then met with their faculty advisors for participation in the African Leaders State of Africa Report Student Forums, a project that convened faculty members and students to facilitate discussion on aspects of democratization and free-market reform on the African continent.
This initiative further helped disseminate the expertise of various African faculty and American faculty with the students that represent the next generation of leadership. The Forum is particularly timely in that it facilitated dialogue among those who are actively engaged in discussions about Africa’s past, present, and future.
Winning papers included:
Boston University
Andrew Lim - Malaria: A Hindrance to Development in Kenya
Kimberly Morton - Zambia from 2002 to 2004: A Case for Continuity
Miyuki Yamaguchi - Malawi: Analysis on President Mutharika's Agricultural Input Subsidies Program
Morehouse College
Jaques Eric Pape - Analysis of Regional Democracy and Development in Africa: The Problem with Maintaining Land Security and Reducing Conflict
Chauncey Smith - Inform to Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Gender Disparities
University of the Witwatersrand
Mandisa Mathobela - Cultural Imperialism, Development, and Democracy
Zunaid Lundell - Conflict and Land Claim Resolutions: An African Union Solution
Ricardo de Sao Joao - The Millenium Development Goals
University of Ghana
Kwabena Darlington - A Comparatrive Analysis of Regional Democracy and Development in Africa
M Takyi - Comparative Analysis of Regional Democracy and Development in Africa
Yaw Mensah Nyalemegbe - Comparative Analysis of Regional Democracy and Development in Africa
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