This study offers an account of individual agency within a constructivist view of professional wrongdoing. The main contribution is a model in which the ...

Juridification and social citizenship: international law, democracy and professional discretion Hen

This article provides a conceptual framework and points out the key elements for creating enabling environments for adolescent sexual and reproductive ...

Per diems, or daily allowances, are an important mechanism for reimbursing work‑related expenses, encouraging participation in professional development ...

What is the role of the tax avoidance industry?  How can the challenges that tax havens represent be mitigated? On 21 and 22 November 2016, leading academics, ...

Le pétrole, le gaz et les minerais sont des ressources indispensables pour le bon fonctionnement de nos économies et sont très convoitées. ...

Policy makers bemoan the lack of research findings to guide urgent decisions, whereas researchers' professional code puts rigor first. This article argues ...

Can Codes of Conduct set realistic ethical standards for officials? Can training in ethics and professional standards make any practical difference in ...

A number of low- and middle-income countries have a severe shortage of health workers. This paper studies how health workers' choices of labour supply ...

A new report documents measures that can make government and politics more responsive, more accountable and more transparent and enable citizens to take a greater role in governing themselves.

The meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Stockholm on 18 April 2008 adopted a Plan of Action for Nordic Cooperation in Afghanistan to enable them ...

This article commends the concise and useful analysis of courts and the legal enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights given in Christian Courtis’ ...

U4 and DFID are exploring how to use proxy indicators to better evaluate anti-corruption efforts. Development practitioners, monitoring and evaluation professionals, and researchers are invited to submit proposals.

NRC is very efficient, professional and creative when it comes to implementation of projects and emergency response. But the management routines and coordination need to be improved.

Most organizations use per diems as a way to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for travel and to encourage staff to attend professional development activities. ...

Fredskorpset is a Norwegian government agency established to promote and fund exchange of young professionals and volunteers between Norway and developing ...

Institutional factors are increasingly highlighted to explain the “resource curse” or, why some countries with rich natural resources have ...

Most anti-corruption initiatives fail. This Brief sets out to understand why that is, and what might be done about it. Anti-corruption initiatives ...

Ghana discovered oil in 2010. The country now produces 100 000 barrels a day, amounting to an income of 1 billion dollars a year. Are the country's institutions strong enough to withstand the resource curse? -Yes, says Inge Amundsen, senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute.

Egyptians began 2014 being summoned back to the polls for the third time in three years on a constitutional matter. This time, as in the past two ...