Amadou Boly is special assistant to the chief economist and vice president of the African Development Bank. He previously worked as a research fellow at UNU-WIDER and as industrial development officer at UNIDO. He is a resource person for the African Economic Research Consortium and was an associate editor of the African Development Review.
An African Presidential Performance Index would mean citizens in Africa can compare their leaders’ performance and incentivize current leaders to work on their legacy. Here’s how it would work.