With the economy only slowly starting to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022-23 national budget was a mostly modest affair. Frederico Links talks with economic analyst Robin Sherbourne, who reviewed the Namibian National Budget for 2022-23, for the IPPR's Democracy Report project. 

You can read the review @ https://ippr.org.na/publication/2022-23-national-budget-review/

Slow but steady wins the race – National Budget 2022-23

Populist rhetoric and movements have increasingly become features on the Namibian political landscape over the last decade. Some of the populists movements have been progressive, while others have shown themselves to be anti-democratic in inclination. And of late xenophobic populism has started rearing its head, showing the darker side of populism. Democracy Report project coordinator Frederico Links discusses populist politics with Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) executive director Graham Hopwood.

Populist Politics & Namibia

Frederico Links and Graham Hopwood discuss Wednesday's election case judgement and what this means for Namibian politics.

#1 Election Case Judgement

IPPR research associates Frederico Links and Martha Nangolo discuss how disinformation affected the 2019 Namibian elections. The accompanying report is out now at https://ippr.org.na/publication/tracking-disinformation/

#2 Tracking Disinformation: Social Media and the 2019 Elections

IPPR Executive Director Graham Hopwood sat down with researcher Frederico Links to discuss how the integrity of the public procurement system can be undermined during a State of Emergency. Namibia's lockdown has seen normal procedures suspended in favour of emergency procurement.
Find the report, Public Procurement in a State of Emergency, here: https://ippr.org.na/publication/public-procurement-in-a-state-of-emergency/

#3 Procurement In A State Of Emergency

Frederico Links, the editor of Namibia Fact Check, talks to the IPPR's Graham Hopwood about the surge in disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic that is undermining key public health messages. Find the accompanying paper, Countering the Disinfodemic : Namibian Social Media & COVID-19 Disinformation here: https://ippr.org.na/publication/countering-the-disinfodemic/

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