Ibrahim Index of African Governance...
The Ibrahim of African Governance is out which I wrote about earlier this. The Ibrahim Index measures the degree to which essential political goods are provided within the forty-eight African countries south of the Sahara. The 2007 Ibrahim Index uses data from 2005, the last year with reasonably complete available data for nearly all sub-Saharan African nation-states.
I wonder why there isn't much media frenzy surrounding the rankings this time around. When the prize was announced it appeared to me that every blogger with a content about the mother continent seemed truly interested. I hope the level of interest picks up with time. The ranking and the prize would not work without the support of the masses. The original idea behind the prize was to leverage public opinion and goodwill as an incentive to encourage African leaders to do the right thing. Modelled after the political organization of the typical African community. What would a coronation evrent in an African village be like if all the villagers failed to show up.
Godspeed.
I wonder why there isn't much media frenzy surrounding the rankings this time around. When the prize was announced it appeared to me that every blogger with a content about the mother continent seemed truly interested. I hope the level of interest picks up with time. The ranking and the prize would not work without the support of the masses. The original idea behind the prize was to leverage public opinion and goodwill as an incentive to encourage African leaders to do the right thing. Modelled after the political organization of the typical African community. What would a coronation evrent in an African village be like if all the villagers failed to show up.
Godspeed.
1 Comment(s):
looks like nobody cares about this issue and I can't say I blame them. Most of Africa's leaders will be judged harshly once the vestiges of their power, corruption and greed are gone. I'll take a closer look at the index. should be interesting