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1.    Background The public policy domain in Africa is shifting at a rapid pace moving towards inclusivity, democratization and the integration of gender as a significant component of equitable and inclusive public policies. At the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), the significance of gender in the studying, understanding and making of public […]

Prof. Tade Akin Aina, Executive Director of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) delivers the 2019 University of Ibadan’s Postgraduate College Interdisciplinary Lecture on “The Social Sciences and Public Policy in Nigeria in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution” View here  

Utafiti Sera, one of the INCLUDE-funded African Policy Dialogues on productive employment in Kenya, held an engagement forum with members of the Amani National Congress (ANC) technical committee in Nairobi on 14 March 2017. ANC is part of the National Super Alliance (NASA), a coalition of political parties seeking to participate in the upcoming elections […]

Utafiti Sera and INCLUDE’s African Policy Dialogues During the conference, participants debated various approaches to evidence-based policy in Africa and the political economies and cultures that facilitate or inhibit the use of evidence in policy processes. One of the approaches featured was Utafiti Sera (research policy). This approach was pioneered in 2015 by PASGR, INCLUDE, […]

Nigeria and indeed Africa is hemorrhaging in an organised crime, which is aided by the elites, multinational companies, and modern technologies. Though blessed with huge resources, the management of these natural endowments has become the leading cause of the challenge confronting the nation and the continent. While the continent has found it difficult to add […]

The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, non-partisan pan-African not-for-profit organisation established in 2011 and located in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently engaged in more than 12 African countries, PASGR works to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy that contributes to the overall wellbeing of women and men. PASGR invites […]

The Executive director of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Professor Tade Aina, and the director of Higher Education as well as team leader for Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL), Dr Beatrice Muganda, recently led a team of 59 resource persons from different parts of the world to Nigeria to deliver a training […]

A surprise masterstroke against graft doled out on the banks of Enkare Narok by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government yesterday struck at the heart of Kenya’s illicit financial flow system and triggered a wave of panic. The notice to withdraw the old Sh1,000 bank note announced by Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge was last evening hailed […]

Course Dates: September 4 – September 19, 2019 Training Location: Ibadan, Nigeria Contact Person: nirungu@www.pasgr.org The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research is currently accepting applications for the September 2019 Advanced Training for Multi-Method and Policy-Oriented Research. This includes: Advanced Research Design Impact Evaluation Engendering Social Science Research This training is relevant to African academics, researchers, Ph.D. students, civil […]