Promoting Transparency in Political Finance in Southern Africa: Comparative Analysis and Findings from Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
ORGANISATION
Transparency International Zimbabwe
DESCRIPTION
This project sought to measure the level of transparency in political financing by looking at the laws of five Southern African countries and comparing existing systems with international
standards enshrined in the tool used for the research. It also compares what happens in practice by testing access to information, party by party and candidate by candidate. The methodology borrows from the Crinis project.
PURPOSE
Awareness-raising and policy dialogue
Diagnosis
FOCUS
Anti-Corruption (In law)
Anti-Corruption (In practice)
Sector / Institution
Political party
Legislature / Parliament
Topic
Political finance / Elections
LEVEL
Multi-Country
PERIODICITY
Once off
FIRST USED
2010
METHODOLOGY
Quantitative
DATA COLLECTION METHOD
Direct observation
Key informant interviews
Legal-institutional analysis
Media analysis
Secondary sources
LANGUAGE
English
REGIONS
Africa and Middle East
COUNTRIES
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe