SUNU2012 is a web based project conceived to improve people access to information, political participation, transparency of democratic processes and accountability of politicians. SUNU is at the same time a tool of information and a space for sharing and participation available for  the Senegalese citizens. It has been conceived and launched in 2011 by Cheick Fall, a young activist and journalist based in Dakar, together with a network of Senegalese bloggers, as a response to the request by the Senegalese people of more transparency in the political processes.

by Ruth Aine. The East African integration process has gone through quite a metamorphosis dating as far back as the 1960's as envisioned by the late Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere. Today it has 5 countries: Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. Will this integration process soon become a reality? And if it does: what does it mean for the citizens of these five countries? These were some of the many questions that we asked ourselves as we met for the first ever East Africa Future Day on the 12th of November 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Introduction to Development issue 55.4 'African Strategies for Transformation'

In this interview Zohra Khan of UN Women provides an overview around the Gender Responsive Budgeting approach, its achievements so far and major challenges ahead as a possible strategy to face up with the crisis, in poor countries as well as in rich economies.

by Asoka Bandarage. The author argues that growing economic inequality and the distribution of resources and opportunities is the main social issue of our time. She explores the systemic roots of the current crisis through an integration of critical social science analysis and a universal spiritual approach to ecological sustainability and social development. She argues that the current crisis can be located in unbridled economic growth and the twin forces of capital and technology.