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What's trust got to do with it? Non-payment of service charges in local authorities in South Africa

Journal Article | Jan 2004

A major financial problem in many municipalities in South Africa is the inadequate collection of service charges due to widespread non-payment. The prevailing ...

Public finance, Service charges, Trust, Compliance, Local government, South Africa

Anticorruption in the health sector

Edited Book | Mar 2010

This book, co-edited by Harald Mathisen from CMI/U4 describes how corruption is a serious problem for both rich and poor countries, threatening international ...

Preventing the misuse of shell companies by regulating corporate service providers

U4 Brief | Oct 2013

Corporate service providers supply the shell companies that are commonly used to launder illicit funds, including the proceeds of corruption. Effectively ...

international drivers of corruption, tax havens, tax evasion, tax avoidance, corruption, shell companies, corporate service providers, money laundering, illicit financial flows

Strong regional inequalities in health service delivery in Angola

Angola Brief | Jun 2011

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

Angola

What has trust got to do with it? Non-payment of service charges in local authorities in South Africa

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2003

A major financial problem in many municipalities in South Africa is the inadequate collection of service charges due to widespread non-payment. The prevailing ...

Public finance, Service charges, Trust, Local government, South Africa, Africa: South Africa

Entitlement, Affordability or a Matter of Trust? Reflections on the Non-payment of Service Charges in Local Authorities

Book Chapter | Jan 2005

In this chapter Fjeldstad reflects on the non-payment of service charges in local authorities in South Africa. The main question he explores is how trust ...

Local government, Service charges, Non-payment, Africa: South Africa

De brune konvoluttene. Misbruk av bistandsmidler?

Event | 7 May 2012

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

Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia

Issues in the development of statistical services in Namibia

DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990

The paper contributes towards an assessment of the statistical context in which the Namibia Socio-Economic Database might be employed in Namibia. It discusses ...

Statistics, Statistical services, Namibia, Africa: Namibia

Servants of the nation, defenders of la patria: The Bolivarian Militia in Venezuela

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2015

In 2008, the government of now-deceased President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela passed a law creating what is known as the Bolivarian militia (Milicia ...

Bolivarian militia, civil-military relations, gender, class, Venezuela

Transforming Pastoralism: A Case Study of the Rufa'a al Hoi Ethnic Group in the Blue Nile State, Sudan

Sudan Working Paper | Feb 2008

The pastoral sector in Sudan in general and in the Blue Nile State in particular has been marginalized and impoverished as a result of detrimental state ...

Sudan

Huge potential for improved health service quality

CMI Brief | Oct 2011

Health workers’ knowledge and skills are much better than their practice suggests. By closing the gap between knowledge and action, the quality ...

Tanzania

WTO/GATS and Economic Development: Key to "the New Economy"

Commissioned Report | Jan 2005

The major objective of the Programme WTO/GATS and Economic Development: Key to "the new economy" is to produce new theoretical and empirical insights ...

WTO/GATS, Economic Development, "the new economy", financial services, telecommunications, energy services, world economy, investment- and trade patterns, Africa: Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Malawi

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Malawi is a poor country struggling to overcome decades of underdevelopment. We research governance and gender equality.

Gullfaks - the first Norwegian oil field developed and operated by Norwegian companies

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2000

This case study analyses the market for oil-related producer services for the Gullfaks oil field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. We find that ...

Democracy's shortcomings in anti-corruption

CMI Working Paper | Dec 2012

Citizens of countries with a corrupt political leadership are trapped in a situation, typically characterized by increasing income differences, human ...

Anti-corruption, democracy

Successful Advances in Fiscal ARchItecture (SAFARI): Evidence from a new tax in Zanzibar

Project | Jan 2021 - Dec 2024

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

Tax reform, property tax, fiscal externalities, Zanzibar

A needs assessment for postgraduate training in selected public health disciplines: evidence from health services organisations in Lusaka, Zambia

Journal Article | Dec 2020

Background As most low and middle-income countries seek to achieve universal health coverage targets, there is an ever-increasing need to train human ...

The Snorre Field and the rise and fall of Saga Petroleum

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2000

This paper presents a case study of the Snorre field development focusing on the market for oil-related services related to the development of the oil ...

Revenue mobilization at sub-national levels in Sudan

Project | Feb - Jun 2013

Sudan has undertaken decentralization reforms since the early 1990s, in a federal government system with three tiers: federal, state, and local government ...

Intergovernmental fiscal relations, state and local government revenues, taxes, business licenses, user fees, Sudan

Factors influencing the use of reproductive health care services among married adolescent girls in Dang District, Nepal: a qualitative study

Journal Article | May 2019

Background: Child marriage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, and the practice is still alarmingly common. Together with efforts ...

Child marriage, Reproductive health, Health care services, Health-seeking behaviour, adolescent health, Nepal