IPPR research associates Dietrich Remmert and Pauline Ndhlovu argue that Namibia’s COVID-19 emergency has magnified long-standing policy and implementation failures on crucial issues such as water, sanitation, healthcare and housing …
An opinion article published in The Namibian newspaper in which two Scandinavian academics – Johanna Söderström of Uppsala University and Lise Rakner of Bergen University – discuss the need for …
An article in The Namibian newspaper in which IPPR Executive Director Graham Hopwood expresses a concern that voter turnout may be lower this year due to the harsh economic environment …
A report on US Ambassador Lisa Johnson’s remarks at the launch of the IPPR report titled ‘African Growth & Opportunity Act: What it Means for Namibian Business’. The full article …
SWAPO party’s dominion over Namibian politics began at independence in March 1990 when the former liberation movement won the first democratic elections but its stranglehold is slowly being tested.Over the …
Access to information on government procurement activities remains largely non-transparent despite repeated claims that the new public procurement mechanisms are meant to enhance accountability and transparency.
In May this year, Debmarine Namibia announced that it will build a state of art diamond recovery ship costing US$ 468 million. The vessel is slated to be operational by …
“It seems clear that Namibia already has formidable and sophisticated communications surveillance capabilities,” states a research paper released yesterday by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), titled ‘Spying on …
President Hage Geingob is coming under increasing pressure from organised movements almost half-way towards the election date but political observers have voiced that he should not be seen to be …
THE lack of transparency in the awarding of government tenders leaves room for speculation on corrupt practices, research associate at the Institute for Public Policy Research, Frederico Links said at …
The national budget is not responsive to gender issues, irrespective of sex-disaggregated data available on social issues. This was the view of Rosina Mubonenwa, deputy director in the ministry of …
Digitalisation is transforming how media products are both created and accessed. Consumers can now exercise more control over their media use in terms of how they access content. Consumers are …