Stella Neema, Grace Mongo Bua, Doreen Tuhebwe, Julius Ssentongo, Nathan Tumuhamye, Roy William Mayega, James Fishkin, Lynn M Atuyambe and William Bazeyo PLOS Currents: Disasters PDF
The ResilientAfrica Network will conduct the first Deliberative Polls in Africa. The partner labs will engage in Deliberative Polling® to assess the informed and representative views of the population in three stages: priorities for resilience challenges, priorities for interventions that would help address those challenges and assessment of the success of those interventions.
James S. Fishkin, Roy William Mayega, Lyn Atuyambe, Nathan Tumuhamye, Julius Ssentongo, Alice Siu and William Bazeyo Dædalus PDF
28 of the 39 policy proposals (71.8 percent) showed statistically significant changes after deliberation. PDF
Deliberative Polling® (DP) was held in the Tamale Metropolitan Area of Ghana on January 10-11, 2015. The Tamale Poll is the first of its kind in West Africa and the second in Africa after Uganda’s Mt. Elgon region DP held in July 2014. The DP discussions revolved around challenges related to rapid urbanization. The ResilientAfrica Network is conducting the first Deliberative Polls in Africa.
Video shown as briefing material for the 2015 DP in Ghana. VIDEO
In Bududa, 15 of the 36 policy options changed significantly with deliberation. The changes were mostly in the direction of increased support for the proposed options. PDF
The first DP in Africa was conducted in July 2014 in Bududa and Butaleja districts of Uganda. The topic was how to deal with the environmental disasters and population pressures that challenge life in these vulnerable communities. The ResilientAfrica Network is conducting the first Deliberative Polls in Africa.
Video shown as briefing material for the 2014 DP in Uganda. VIDEO
James S. Fishkin, Robert C. Luskin, and Alice Siu European Union Politics PDF, Online Appendix
