Lansering av rapporten "Hunting for Per Diem: The Uses and Abuses of Travel Compensation in Three Developing Countries".

Operationalizing a rights-based approach to health service delivery (RBA-healthdelivery) is a joint effort by CMI, The World Bank Institute and Harvard ...

A statistical survey of health facilities and households in Luanda and Uíge has confirmed that strong inequalities persist between provinces in ...

This report provides a summary of three more extensive reports, which contribute to a baseline for the local government reform programme in Tanzania: ...

Afghan Civil Society: This report starts with an introduction to the debate on the concept of civil society, paying particular attention to Muslim societies ...

What does it mean to become a rich man? For some, getting another wife. A research team has studied poverty from below to come up with answers for designing ...

The government's ability to collect taxes depends on people's and businesses' willingness to pay them. How do you convince them to pay their fair share?

Background Children initially hospitalized with severe anaemia in Africa are at high risk of readmission or death within 6 months after discharge. No ...

This article presents the results of a qualitative study of the uses and abuses of travel compensation in the state administrations of three developing ...

What impact did Tanzania’s decentralization reform have on local governance, finances and service delivery? To what extent are the central-local ...

The project will pilot tools for measurement of service quality in health facilities and schools. A unique part of the project is it emphasis on the knowledge ...

Malawi is one of the world's least developed countries, with a poverty rate that is consistently high compared to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa ...

In all countries, informal systems of reciprocity influence the distribution of state resources. These social networks help people cope with adversity ...

Hawala networks can be useful partners in the work against money laundering of corruption gains, rather than the obstacle they are often considered to be.

Tanzania is currently implementing local government reform aimed at improving public service delivery. An important component of the reform is increasing ...

Tanzania is currently implementing a local government reform aimed at improving public service delivery. An important component of the reform is to increase ...

Performance-based funding has been proposed as one mechanism to speed up the implementation of interventions for reduced maternal and newborn mortality. ...

A risk management strategy that can identify, assess and propose specific mitigation measures for corruption problems can help better address corruption. When done right, corruption risk management can contribute to increase development impacts.

E-governance is gaining popularity as a tool for improved public service delivery in developing countries. It is often argued e-governance reduces corruption ...

As the Millennium Development Goals are coming to an end, international actors have started working on a new set of development goals for the global community. Last time around, the majority of the inputs came from institutions in the North. Will the voice of Southern actors be heard this time?