Scandal-Plagued Procurement
For years, Namibia’s health sector has been dogged by procurement controversies, irregularities, investigations and recurring allegations of corruption. Yet despite repeated scandals, many of the underlying weaknesses in procurement systems, oversight mechanisms and supplier vetting processes remain unresolved. The result is a cycle in which the same problems continue to reappear, often at significant cost […]
Onwards to Universal Health Coverage? Namibia’s Tough Road to Health Reform
Namibia’s ambition to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) marks one of the most important and potentially transformative public policy reforms since independence. Yet while the goal of ensuring that all Namibians have access to quality healthcare without suffering financial hardship is widely supported, the road towards UHC raises difficult questions about financing, governance and equity. […]
Namibia QER Quarter 1 2026
This Quarterly Economic Review (Q1 2026) examines key economic developments between January and March 2026, including trends in growth, inflation, interest rates and investment. The special feature in this QER focuses on Namibia’s health system which remains deeply unequal, with three parallel financing models delivering vastly different levels of care. While government’s push for Universal Health Coverage […]
Thoughts On The Pandemic – Two Years On
State of Emergency The initial lockdown was difficult for the public to deal with, but it was necessary. At the time we didn’t know how harmful the virus might be – so it was legitimate for government to introduce emergency measures and limit some rights, such as freedom of movement and size of public gatherings. […]
COVID-19 exposes housing neglect
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 in an opinion piece in The Namibian newspaper.
The APRM Process in Namibia – A Call For Action
In January 2017, Namibia became the 36th African Union (AU) member state to voluntarily accede to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). The APRM’s rules require that civil society is meaningfully involved in each country’s review process. Together with government and the private sector, the country’s civil society sought to diagnose governance strengths and weaknesses, […]