Alessandra Fontana

Alessandra

Thematic research group:
Public Sector Reform

Keywords:
Political corruption, corruption in education

Geographic keywords:
Latin America
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala

Programme coordinator (U4)

E-mail: alessandra.fontana@cmi.no
Phone: +47 47938074 Mob: +47 96882303

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Alessandra Fontana is a Brazilian journalist with an MA degree in International Relations and Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, in England. At CMI, she works as project coordinator for the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, focusing on political corruption and corruption in education. Previously, she coordinated a research project across Latin America (in Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala) on transparency in political finance, for Transparency International.

Her earlier work experiences include research on financial mechanisms for international development for the European Network on Debt and Development, in Brussels, and reporting at the business and finance desk for Abril Publishing group, in São Paulo, Brazil. Her MA research studied increased levels of violence in Brazil, with a focus on the impact of economic liberalization policies during the country's transition period into democracy.

Projects

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Current and recently completed projects:

Anti-Corruption Resource Centre U4
Start: Feb. 2002 (Current)
Keywords: corruption,anti-corruption
Geography: World

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U4 Publications

'What does not get measured, does not get done'. The methods and limitations of measuring illicit financial flows
Fontana, Alessandra (2010)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2010-2) 4 p.

Les enseignants et les taxis : la corruption dans le secteur de l'éducation au Honduras
Fontana, Alessandra (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2009:15) 4 p.

Maestros y taxis: Corrupción en el sector educación de Honduras
Fontana, Alessandra (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2009:10) 4 p.

Teachers and Taxis: Corruption in the Education Sector in Honduras
Fontana, Alessandra (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2008:16) 4 p.

Money in politics: Transparency in action
Fontana, Alessandra (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2007:10) 4 p.

Public Sector Reform
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Monitoring and Evaluating Mozambique's Poverty Reduction Strategy

This report analyses poverty and well-being in the rural district of Murrupula, revisiting four local communities and a total of 120 households, three years after the first study in 2006. Read more

The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law

Detained in solitary confinement, tortured, exiled and eventually blown up by a car bomb. From an early age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. Later in life he helped draft South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, and served as a member of the Constitutional Court for fifteen years. Sachs talks to host Siri Gloppen about his life and role as a judge in the formative years of post-apartheid South Africa. Read more

The public sector - how can it deliver?

Equal access to health and other services require adequate funding of the state. Read more

A Momentous Year

2009 was a momentuous year at CMI. We moved to the city centre. We opened a new arena for research communication: Bergen Research Centre for International Development. And in the same year, we achieved a publication record with the highest number of peer reviewed articels ever. Read the online version. Read more

'Opitanha' revisited. Assessisng the implications of PARPA II in rural northern Mozambique 2006-2009

A number of improvements have taken place in local governance, physical infrastructure and agricultural marketing options, this has so far primarily benefitted the better-off with few, if any, implications for the very poorest. Read more

CMI Staff