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www.moibrahimfoundation.org. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Supports good governance and great leadership in Africa. The Foundation works to: Provide a framework and tools by which citizens and governments can assess progress in governance. Recognise excellence in African leadership.
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The Mo Ibrahim Foundation • Supports good governance and great leadership in Africa. • The Foundation works to: • Provide a framework and tools by which citizens and governments can assess progress in governance. • Recognise excellence in African leadership. • Stimulate debate on the quality of governance and major governance issues in Africa. • Develop leadership and governance capacity in Africa.
Four Major Programme Areas • The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. • The Ibrahim Discussion Forum. • Capacity Development Programmes. • The Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership • Celebrates excellence in African leadership. • Awarded to a former Executive Head of State or Government by a Prize Committee composed of eminent figures, including two Nobel Laureates. • Previous laureates are: • President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique (2007) • President Festus Mogae of Botswana (2008) • President Pedro Pires of Cape Verde (2011) • President Nelson Mandela (Honorary) • In 2009 and 2010 the Ibrahim Prize was not awarded by the Prize Committee.
The Ibrahim Discussion Forum • An annual high level discussion forum on major African issues, facilitated by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. • The 2010 Ibrahim Forum took place in November 2010 in Port Louis, Mauritius. The topic was Regional Economic Integration. • The 2011 Ibrahim Forum took place in November 2011 in Tunis, Tunisia. The topic was African Agriculture: From Meeting Needs To Creating Wealth. • The 2012 Ibrahim Forum will take place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The focus will be on youth in Africa.
Capacity Building Programmes • The Ibrahim Scholarship Programmes • A range of scholarships to support aspiring African leaders at a number of distinguished academic institutions, including: • Ahfad University in Khartoum • The American University in Cairo • London Business School • School of Oriental and African Studies • The Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships Programme • A selective programme designed to identify and prepare the next generation of outstanding African leaders by providing them with mentoring opportunities in key multilateral institutions. • Ibrahim Leadership Fellows are hosted at: • African Development Bank. • UN Economic Commission for Africa. • World Trade Organization.
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance • is funded and led by an African institution. • was designed to inform and empower citizens and public authorities to assess governance performance. • is a progressive and responsive tool that will evolve to accommodate feedback and critiques from stakeholders.
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance • Governance is defined by the Foundation as inclusive from the viewpoint of the citizen. It aims to capture all aspects of what a 21st century citizen has the right to expect from his or her state, and what a state has the responsibility to deliver to citizens. • It can be summarised by four over-arching categories (made up of constituent sub-categories): • Safety & Rule of Law (Rule of Law, Accountability, Personal Safety, National Security) • Participation & Human Rights (Participation, Rights, Gender) • Sustainable Economic Opportunity (Public Management, Business Environment, Infrastructure, Rural Sector) • Human Development (Welfare, Education, Health)
2011 Ibrahim Index of African Governance • Covers 11 data years (2000 – 2010) • Includes 53 African countries • Uses data from 23 third-party sources Ibrahim Index structure 121 variables 86 indicators 14 Sub-categories 2011Ibrahim Index 4 Categories
Some Strengths • Comprehensive in its coverage of 53 countries in Africa. • Simple, replicable methodology. • Combination of expert assessment and official data. • Provides scores at category and sub-category level, as well as the composite Index score. • Publishes all raw data used in the compilation of the Index. • Transparent in publishing margins of error and confidence intervals.
Some Limitations • Lack of data availability – particularly for poverty and inequality. • Need for assessments by African experts – purpose of Global Integrity project. • Need to capture citizens’ opinions – support for Afrobarometer.
2011 Ibrahim Index of African Governance: Overall Results (Rank Order)
2011 Ibrahim Index: Key Findings • Half a decade of sustained progress in economic management and human development • Growing imbalance with reversals in the rule of law and rights • Success stories demonstrate that equity and balance are key to governance quality (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Cape Verde, Seychelles, Botswana, South Africa) • Significant decline in Madagascar • Meaningful improvement in Angola and Togo
2011 Ibrahim Index: Statistically Significant Improvements Liberia Sierra Leone Liberia: gains across all four categories. 13 out of 14 sub-categories have improved. Sierra Leone: gains across all four categories. Improved the most in Safety and Rule of Law and Sustainable Economic Opportunity
2011 Ibrahim Index: Statistically Significant Decline Madagascar Madagascar: only country to have declined significantly over the past 5 years. Driven by declines in all categories and significant declines in Safety & Rule of Law and Participation & Human Rights
2011 Ibrahim Index: Imbalance Tunisia, Egypt and Libya demonstrate imbalance between weak performance in Safety & Rule of Law and Participation & Human Rights and strong performance in Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development Libya Tunisia Egypt
