Perspective on governance in Central Africa : recommendations and Plan of Action

Abstract

The aim of this analysis is to examine the progress of implementing governance in the Central African sub-region. The study is organized in two parts. The first part is an introduction. The second part is devoted to perspectives on governance in the sub-region. The analysis offers some recommendations and a plan of action to strengthen governance in Central Africa. To facilitate research and reading, the indicators to follow up the progress achieved in the area of good governance have been chosen among those developed by ECA Development Policy and Management Division (DPMD). They are limited to: political governance (political representation and multi-party ism, institutional effectiveness and accountability, respect for human rights, civil society organizations and gender organizations); economic governance; and business management.