Publications
Salary Adjustment for the South Sudanese Legislature: Policy Implications
Authors: Matthew LeRiche, James Alic Garang, Ariic David Aguto Reng, Nhial Tiitmamer, Augustino Ting Mayai
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 08/02/2022
This Weekly Review analyzes this new policy by looking at factors that necessitated it, budgetary implications, and more broadly, policy implications for the public sector employees, as well as macroeconomic stability. We conclude the Review with policy recommendations that are targeted at the imperative of conducting public sector wage review...
Clearing the Dimming Vision of the Liberation of South Sudan: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Independence
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 11/07/2021
This review is based on the author's presentation to the Roundtable convened by UNMISS in Juba on the 6-7 July 2021, to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of South Sudan's independence. The remarks and views reflected in the review are the author's and not to be attributed to UNMISS or the...
Will the Impact of the Pandemic on the Expected National Output Persist?
Author: James Alic Garang
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 03/06/2021
This weekly review contributes to the debate on how the COVID-19 induced hysteresis effects could affect growth in South Sudan. It addresses two related questions: What channels would transmit the COVID-19 scarring effects to the output? What can public policy do to support recovery?
What lessons could be drawn from the Kenyan High Court judgement on BBI for constitutional consolidation in South Sudan?
Authors: Mading Gum Mading, Joseph Geng Akech
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 18/05/2021
The High Court of Kenya recently handed down a decision that reinforces the role of courts to protect the constitution against executive overreaches. To constitutional lawyers and academics, the decision is a triumph for constitutionalism and the rule of law.
Local Content in Practice: Improving the Participation of South Sudanese in the Petroleum Industry
Authors: Nhial Tiitmamer, Augustino Ting Mayai
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 09/03/2021
Local content requirements promote national capacity, employment, economic diversification, and economic growth (Kazzazi and Nouri 2012, Tordo et al., 2013). Local content develops capacities that link the oil and gas sector to other industries. While over 80% of the oil and gas sector’s workforce is South Sudanese, little is known...
COVID-19 and the Political Transition in South Sudan
Author: Abraham Awolich
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 16/02/2021
The implementation of the R-ARCSS is stalled, as the parties have had difficulty gathering sufficient momentum to push the Agreement forward. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had serious negative impacts on the ability of the parties to implement the Agreement.
Transitional Justice in South Sudan: A Case for Sustainable Peace, Accountability, Reconciliation and Healing
Author: Santino Ayuel Longar
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 16/02/2021
The justice versus peace dichotomy or lack thereof has spawned both legal practice and international law literature for decades. As the debate pertains to the application of transitional justice specifically against the backdrop of mass political violence or civil wars, some jurists, legal practitioners and other scholars suggest that, on...
The Triumph of Democratic Institutions in the US: Lessons for South Sudan
Author: Abraham Awolich
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 02/02/2021
This Weekly Review applauds the power of human innovation and its success. It celebrates the strength of the American democratic institutions, which has enabled the American people to weather what was a substantial threat to a long-established institutional tradition of peaceful transfer of power.
The Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic in South Sudan: An Update
Author: Augustino Ting Mayai
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 26/01/2021
This policy brief studies the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan. The findings are educative. First, the health effects of the pandemic in the country have been surprisingly less pronounced than expected, marked by very low morbidity and fatality rates.
Sitting on a Time Bomb: Oil Pollution Impacts on Human Health in Melut County, South Sudan
Authors: Nhial Tiitmamer, Kwai Malak Kwai Kut
Type: Special Reports
Date: 26/01/2021
While South Sudan is endowed with 3.5 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, the exploitation of this natural wealth is turning into a catastrophe for some local communities, particularly in Melut County. Through focus group discussions, individual interviews, and field observations, we found the following: