Wednesday, November 03, 2010

African governance: Democrats to kleptocrats

Which are the best- and worst-run countries in Africa?

ONCE again Africa’s worthiest and perhaps happiest countries are offshore, according to Mo Ibrahim’s latest measure of all-round governance, which scrutinised data gathered last year. The yardsticks applied by Mr Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born telecoms magnate and philanthropist, judge countries on a mix of four main criteria: “safety and the rule of law” (looking at the murder rate and corruption, among other things);

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