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JOHANNESBURG
Africa’s governance performance declined for the first time in a decade in 2019 due to weakening human rights, the rule of law and others, according to a survey released Monday.
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) report that examines governance across the continent said in its 2020 report, while African governance has improved since 2010, progress has slowed in the past five years.
“Governance performance is not meeting the growing expectations of African citizens. Public perception of general governance has deteriorated in the last ten years, at twice the rate since 2015, and registers the lowest score of the last decade in 2019, ”the report says.
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance is the most comprehensive dataset that measures African governance for each of the 54 African countries.
It measures performance based on four categories, including security and the rule of law, participation and human rights, sustainable economic opportunity, and human development.
The report said that the continent’s path to strong governance is uneven, with economic opportunities and human development improving at the expense of worrying declines in participation, rights, inclusion, the rule of law and security.
COVID-19 increases the existing challenge
“This is even more concerning with COVID-19 set to worsen already existing challenges and reverse any positive gains and with the citizens of Africa already expressing growing dissatisfaction with the delivery of governance in their countries,” the report said.
The survey also revealed that while more than half of the continent’s countries have improved their governance in the last decade, progress appears lopsided.
“20 countries improved in Human Development and Foundations for Economic Opportunities, which are the main drivers of the progress of General Governance. But at the same time, their performance in Security and the Rule of Law and Participation, Rights and Inclusion decreased, ”the report says.
“Only eight countries have managed to improve in all four governance categories during the decade,” he said, adding that “this growing imbalance could threaten the sustainability of overall governance progress,” he added.
Mauritius, Botswana and South Africa are among the top-scoring countries, while Somalia and Angola underperform.
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which publishes the IIAG reports, defines governance as the provision of political, social, economic and environmental public goods and services that every citizen has the right to expect from their government, and that a government has the responsibility to deliver. to your government. citizens.
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