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Pamoja Trust has worked with PASGR and several stakeholders in Kenya to establish and foster conversations under the aegis of Utafiti Sera House on Urban Governance and City Transformation in Nairobi. Investments in mega-infrastructure continue to have significant bearing on who belongs and who does not belong to contemporary urban settings. Even more important, infrastructure […]

Several development initiatives and policy frameworks have been started to address unemployment, specifically for the youth. Despite these efforts, unemployment remains higher among young people, making it imperative to provide evidence on the needed policy responses. In this context, the Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE) in collaboration with Partnership for African Social and Governance Research […]

The Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE) in collaboration with the Partnership for Social and Governance Research (PASGR) under the Utafiti Sera Programme on Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing in Kenya, 2017-2018 prepared a policy brief on apprenticeship policy framework on youth employment creation specifically in agriculture and Agro-processing in Kenya. The project is […]

By Nicholas Awortwi and Gregor Walter-Drop

A recent study on information disclosure in the extractive sector has found 18 factors that result in citizen and institutional (state and non-state) inaction in demanding government accountability. Conducted by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), as part of the Action for Empowerment […]

The Center for Public Integrity (Centro de Integridade Pública, CIP), in collaboration with the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and the “Action for Empowerment and Accountability” (A4EA) of the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex (United Kingdom), organized an International Conference on Governance in the Extractive Sector. The […]

Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) are a persistent challenge in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). IFFs account for huge sums of money transferred out of SSA countries illegally, stripping these countries of resources that could be used to finance much-needed public services such as security, justice, education and health. This synthesis brings together the evidence on IFFs and interrogates […]

The purpose of this study was to synthesise the literature on IFFs and tax reforms in Egypt, map the key stakeholders and derive policy recommendations to improve, facilitate, or maximise the impact of existing initiatives or related key stakeholders. The study relied on a qualitative methodology based on a desk review that involves: a) Mapping […]

This synthesis report reviews the available literature and relevant policies pertaining to illicit transfers and tax reform landscape. It further identifies key stakeholders in in South Africa order to articulate the key attributes that could make the taxation regime more