On 29 December 1992 the first multi-party elections since 1966 were held in Kenya. This report provides a critical assessment of the circumstances surrounding ...

Tanzanian health workers do not convert enough of their knowledge into practice. As a consequence, patients are inadequately examined. Building a stronger professional ethic could urge health workers to raise their standards.

Military and civilian actors are engaged in a debate over where to draw the lines in the provision of humanitarian and development assistance. This is ...

The situation in Faryab, north Afghanistan is characterised by a substantial military and political uncertainty. Violent acts could at any moment hamper the humanitarian and development efforts. It is a great challenge to manage to balance this relation and at the same time assist in developing these governmental bodies to strengthen their professionalism and legitimacy.

Getting urbanisation right is a prerequisite for human development and environmental sustainability. Yet, corruption risks in urbanisation abound and ...

A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in volume two present ...

Schools and universities in various countries are teaching youth about integrity norms and values. Despite limited evidence on effectiveness, some good ...

There is little doubt that private sector development is important for development, and that enabling the poor to become and succeed as entrepreneurs ...

Training and education programmes which deal with the topic of corruption and health can help change the way people approach their jobs as public administrators ...

Effective engagement by communities is a crucial strategy for anti-corruption initiatives. However, encouraging involvement and civic-mindedness at a ...

U4 advisor Francesco de Simone has been headhunted for a position as Administrator of the Anti-Corruption Activities Trust Fund (AATF).

U4 advisor Francesco de Simone has been headhunted for a position as Administrator of the Anti-Corruption Activities Trust Fund (AATF).

Many low income countries face a trilemma with respect to taxation: (1) There is an urgent and obvious need for more revenues to enable resource poor ...

A roundtable discussion with climate change scholars from law, ethics and political science for a conversation on where we are, the most acute challenges ...

Protection of whistleblowers – individuals who make a principled public interest disclosure of wrongdoing – is now broadly accepted as an ...

The author has spent close to ten years as advisor to planning organisations in four developing countries: Pakistan, Kenya, the Sudan and Bangladesh. ...

Mobilising domestic revenue is crucial for enabling governments to improve social and economic development through the provision of public services. Consequently, ...

A process between MAPESS, Angola and RKK, Norway has resulted in a joint vocational training concept (VTC) and a project on vocational training ...

When confronted with information that ordinary citizens do not care that strongly about efficiency, do economists change their views of optimal public ...

New specialized courts have emerged in many countries, both in response to international pressure for legal reform and reflecting states’ own choice. ...