The 2009 Ibrahim Index has been compiled by a team based at the Foundation Secretariat
Special Advisor: Dr Daniel Kaufmann
With support and input from the Technical Committee
The 2009 Ibrahim Index results will be reviewed by the Advisory Council of 25 African governance experts.
The 2009 Ibrahim Index of African Governance has benefited enormously from the support of many individuals and institutions. We wish to acknowledge their contribution and thank them for their advice and involvement.
Credit must go to the Board Members of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation: The Chairman, Dr Mo Ibrahim; Lalla Ben Barka; Lord Cairns; Dr Mamphela Ramphele; Mary Robinson; Salim Ahmed Salim and Nicholas Ulanov. Particular thanks go to Nicholas Ulanov, Lord Cairns and Nathalie Delapalme for their close involvement and counsel in this year’s Index.
We are also very fortunate to have had the tireless guidance and support of Dr Daniel Kaufmann, of the Brookings Institution. His input into this year’s Index has been invaluable.
Special thanks must go to the members of the Index Technical Committee for their contribution: Dr E. Gyimah Boadi (Afrobarometer/Centre for Democratic Development – Ghana); Dr Ali Hadi (The American University in Cairo); Dr Ebrima Sall (CODESRIA); Dr Akilagpa Sawyerr (Former head of Association of African Universities); and Dr Leonard Wantchekon (IREEP Benin and New York University).
We would also like to thank the members of the Index Advisory Council: Dr Ali Hadi (The American University in Cairo); Dr Irene Pogoson (University of Ibadan); Dr E. Gyimah Boadi (Afrobarometer/Centre for Democratic Development – Ghana); Dr Ebrima Sall (CODESRIA); Dr Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (African Governance Institute); Ms. Julie Oyegun (The World Bank); Mr Keli Gadzekpo (Databank - Ghana); Dr Leonard Wantchekon (IREEP); Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopian Women’s Lawyers Association); Michael Keating (Africa Progress Panel); Dr Mwesiga Baregu (Dar es Salaam University); Dr Zene Tadesse (AAWORD); Dr Akilagpa Sawyerr (Former head of Association of African Universities); Dr Okey Onyejekwe (UNECA); Dr Peter Wanyande (University of Nairobi); Dr Richard Calland (University of Cape Town); Dr Samba Ka (ACBF); Dr Chris Cramer (SOAS); and Karin Alexander (IDASA).
Special thanks must also go to Dr Piero Stanig and Dr Sally Stares from the London School of Economics, for their commitment and work on the statistical method and rigour of this year’s Index.
We have benefited from discussions with numerous individuals representing the data sources used in the compilation of the 2009 IIAG. Specifically, we would like to thank: Dr Leonard Wantchekon and his teams at IREEP and NYU; Sabine Donner (BTI); Brian Baldwin (IFAD); Andrew Williamson (EIU); Aili Piano (Freedom in the World Survey (Freedom House); Hauke Hartmann (BTI); Nina M. Birkeland (IDMC); Reed Wood (PTS); and Ralph Sundberg (UCDP).
Furthermore, the IIAG has gained useful insights from individuals whose advice has helped further to strengthen the IIAG. They are: Dr Per Strand (AIDS Accountability); Dr Sabina Alkire (OPHI, University of Oxford); Dr Paul Collier (University of Oxford); Dr Emanuele Santi and Dr Carlos Santiso (AfDB), Nicolas Meisel (French Development Agency), and Emma Lidén.
We would also like to thank the organisations which provided the data for the Foundation in the 2009 IIAG: The African Development Bank (AfDB); The Bertelsmann Foundation; The Cingranelli-Richards Human Rights Data Project (CIRI); The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU); Freedom House; The Heritage Foundation; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC); Institut de Recherche Empirique en Economie Politique (IREEP); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); International Labour Organisation (ILO); The International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Telecommunications Union (ITU); Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); Dr Mark Gibney (Political Terror Scale); Reporters without Borders; The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR); The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); UNESCO; UNICEF; United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI); ; United States Department of State; Uppsala University (UCDP); The World Bank; The World Health Organization (WHO); World Markets Online.
Acknowledgements and thanks also go to Dr Robert Rotberg and Dr Rachel Gisselquist at Harvard University for their work on the 2007 and 2008 editions of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. They, in cooperation with the Foundation’s Board, provided the foundations on which the 2009 IIAG was built.
Last but not least, I must give special thanks to the members of the IIAG Team: Salmana Ahmed, Elizabeth McGrath, Aisling Quirke, Richard Watts, and Kenza Ziar for their tireless work and dedication, and to Risha Chande and Simon Allison for their support and patience. Special thanks also to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Executive Director, Hadeel Ibrahim, for her encouragement and guidance throughout the process of creating the 2009 Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
Dr Hania Farhan
Director of Research