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Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations.
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Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide?
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It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.
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The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice.
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Africa is underpopulated. We have 20% of the world's landmass and 13% of its population.
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Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow.
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If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.
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We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.
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In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.
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I don't even have a small boat. I don't even have a toy boat in my bathtub. I don't have a biplane, I don't have anything. Those things are toys, and I don't need them to be happy.
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Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to ensure that its potential is utilised.
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Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.
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The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.
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Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.
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Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending expansion of perverse incentives and lobbying.
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Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening.
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For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.
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Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.
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All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.
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Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.
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Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'
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I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.
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Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'
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Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'
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Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.
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A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development.
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It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.
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The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.
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Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they?
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