{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke\/fr\/","title":"Can evidence solve the governance challenge in Africa? - African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0R6sXRMDmL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke\/fr\/can-evidence-solve-the-governance-challenge-in-africa\/\">Can evidence solve the governance challenge in Africa?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke\/fr\/can-evidence-solve-the-governance-challenge-in-africa\/embed\/#?secret=0R6sXRMDmL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Can evidence solve the governance challenge in Africa?\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP\" data-secret=\"0R6sXRMDmL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display=\"none\";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement(\"a\"),a=d.createElement(\"a\"),s.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+=\"#?secret=\"+r,t.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:r},\"*\")}}}}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Untitled-7.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":856,"description":"Good Governance Strand Leader Director \u00ab\u00a0\u0093 Science\u00a0Communications &#038; Evidence Uptake, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), Kenya\u00a0 [As\u00a0published 26 April, 2018 on the Africa\u00a0Evidence Network] Former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, once said, \u00ab\u00a0good governance is perhaps the single most important factor in eradicating poverty and promoting development\u00a0\u00bb\u009d. This is because bad governance that often manifests through, among others, mismanagement of public resources, corruption, waste, and a lack of transparency and inefficiency in the delivery of social services, remains one of the biggest challenges to development in much of sub-Saharan Africa. In the 2017 Transparency International&rsquo;s Corruption Perception Index, the region [&hellip;]"}