Standards of governance have declined significantly in Madagascar in the past five years, while those in Liberia and Sierra Leone have improved significantly, according to Africa's principal index measuring the quality of the continent's governments.
The rankings of the three countries, together with those for Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, illustrate the assertion of governance experts that economic and social progress needs to be matched by participative government, respect for human rights and accountability for a country truly to prosper.
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