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(Ecofin Agency) – The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has just published its 2020 report on good governance in Africa. And for the first time in 10 years, the Ibrahim index slid across the continent.
According to the document, the average in the continent was 48.8 in 2019, representing a decrease of 0.2 percentage points compared to 49 in 2018. This is the first decrease since 2010. The study says that the situation is it is due to poor results in three of the countries. The four categories of the index: participation and human rights, security and the rule of law, sustainable economic opportunity and human development. In fact, in recent years, the continent’s progress in these sectors has slowed down, with a more marked decline since 2015.
Between 2010 and 2019, the performance of African countries in terms of human development improved by 3% (51.9 out of 100 in 2019) while that of the foundations for economic opportunities increased by 4.1% (47, 8 out of 100 in 2019).
However, the level of African countries fell by -1.4% in terms of participation, respect for the rights and inclusion of citizens (46.2 out of 100 in 2019), and 0.7% in terms of security and rule of law (49.5%). 100 in 2019). This is mainly due to the political and security crises that have shaken several countries on the continent.
Mauritius remains the best performing country in terms of governance with a score of 77.2, while Somalia is the worst with 19.2. Over the last decade, the greatest progress was made by the Gambia (+9.2), while the worst deterioration occurred in Libya (-5.5).
By region, in 2019, Southern Africa was the best performer in terms of good governance with an index of 53.3, followed by West Africa (53.1), North Africa (52), East Africa (46.2 ) and Central Africa (38.8).
Note that only eight countries have improved their performance in the four main categories of the Mo Ibrahim index over the last decade, namely Angola, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Sudan and Togo.
Moutiou Adjibi Nourou
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