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U4 Practice Insight

Monitoring aid: Lessons from a natural resources programme in Tanzania

Thematic research group:
Public Sector Reform

Keywords:
practice insight, nrm, natural resource management, monitoring aid, corruption in aid,

Geographical keywords:
tanzania

Eirik Jansen (2009)

Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Practice Insight no. 2009:1) 6 p.

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This Practice Insight describes the Norwegian Embassy’s decision in 2006 to independently evaluate their long-term support to the Management of Natural Resources Programme in Tanzania. A review of several projects suggested that millions of dollars provided by the Norwegian government may have been lost through corruption and mismanagement.

[pdf] Monitoring aid: Lessons from a natural resources programme in Tanzania

U4 U4 Theme Page: Natural Resource Management
This publication is part of the Natural Resource Management theme pages on the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre.

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