Money Being Wasted On ‘Vanity Awards’
This edition of Procurement Tracker focuses on ‘Money, resources wasted on vanity awards’ with updates on green hydrogen procurement issues and what the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) says about public procurement.
Biodiversity & Ecosystems In The Face Of Climate Change
What impact is climate change having on biodiversity and ecosystems?This is the second in a series of four climate-focused factsheets produced by the IPPR with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation
Assessing Changes To The Public Procurement Law
The Public Procurement Amendment Act of 2022 introduced significant changes to the public procurement system, placing it very close to best practice anywhere in the world – at least on paper. This special briefing paper looks at the impact these changes could have on the quality of governance in Namibia.
Namibia QER Quarter 2 2022
This QER for the second quarter of 2022 includes a special feature on the main economic challenges that Namibia will face as it seeks to exploit its newly discovered oil resources. This feature briefly summarises the experiences of seven other African oil and gas producing countries – Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria and […]
The Potential For Open Contracting In Namibia
Publishing the contracts and licences that government signs with mining, oil and gas companies is now on the radar in Namibia – after government committed to introducing international best practices on transparency and accountability by 2025.
Climate Change – Why Should Namibians Care?
Why should Namibians care about climate change? This is the first in a series of four climate-focused factsheets produced by the IPPR with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation
Iceland & Namibia Can Do More On Fishrot Accountability
A joint media release from the IPPR and Transparency International Iceland calling for suspects in both Iceland and Namibia to be held legally accountable for the Fishrot corruption scandal
Open Budget Survey – Namibia Report
See how Namibia scored in the latest Open Budget Survey (OBS) released on May 31 2022 by the International Budget Partnership.
Media Release – Namibia Can Improve On Open Budget Rankings
Namibia has dropped down the latest Open Budget Survey rankings published by the International Budget Partnership (IBP)
ACTION Media Statement on Policing & Public Protest
The ACTION Coalition, of which IPPR is a member, has expressed concern about the excessive use of force by the Police against protestors that occurred in Windhoek on May 13 2022. The ACTION Coalition was formed in July 2012 when a number of like-minded organisations and activists decided to focus their resources (human and financial) […]