Afrobarometer - Public Opinion-Based Policy Making

The Afrobarometer Network led by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) gathers public opinion research from over 20 African countries with a sample size of over 75 000 Africans. This research consists of opinion surveys on democratic governance civil society accountability and public sector decision-making. To date three rounds of opinion surveys have been completed by the Afrobarometer and funded by various partners. This project supports the fourth round of surveys. Project activities include: implementing outreach activities to raise awareness of the Afrobarometer among African policy-makers; training policy-makers on the use of the online data facility; publishing survey results and national cross-national and trend analyses; establishing a project management unit at CDD-Ghana and providing training on conceptual thinking data analysis writing and presentation for Afrobarometer Network personnel. The Afrobarometer Network provides accurate and useful public opinion data to a wide range of policy actors thus contributing to building open and accountable political systems and public institutions. It seeks to improve the ability of African citizens to make their opinions heard about democratic governance and to influence policy and decision-making in their own countries.