Local voices in African structural transformation: lessons from Madagascar and Cote d'Ivoire

Abstract

The HSRC launched the Local Voices project to examine how local actors such as civil society groups had shaped the development agenda of Madagascar and Cote d'Ivoire. In 2015, a team of researchers from the HSRC's Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) embarked on a study focusing on the role of communities and the place of local voices in defining new relations with the state. The intention was to gauge the degree to which civil society influences government policies and debates.