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Capital flight, tax policy and lobbyists in Africa

Book Chapter | Nov 2017

This article examines how the use of tax havens affects tax moral and lobbying, and how tax havens form elites’ and other actors’ incentives ...

Tax reform, lobbying, exemptions, Tanzania, Zambia

Doing the wrong things for the right reasons? “Do no harm” as a principle of reform

U4 Brief | Jan 2014

This Brief explores what “do no harm” means for corruption control in fragile settings and analyses how aid agencies translate the concept ...

fragile states, anti-corruption, do no harm, policy, strategy

Bureaucratic complexity and impacts of corruption in utilities

Journal Article | Jan 2009

This paper explores how the relationship between bureaucratic complexity and corruption affects the performance in utilities. We observe considerable ...

Corruption in Fragile States

Report in External Series | Jan 2008

Policy recommendations: Confronting corruption is part and parcel of building legitimacy and public confidence in fragile states. Corruption creates ...

Intergovernmental fiscal relations in developing countries. A review of issues

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001

Fiscal decentralisation - the devolution of taxing and spending powers to lower levels of government - has become an important theme of governance in ...

Fish as a vehicle for economic development in post-indepence Namibia

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1997

A key fishery policy issue decided by the new government of Namibia soon after independence in 1990 relates to the division of the total allowable catch ...

Africa: Namibia

Do interest groups matter in economic policy- making? Reflections from a Zambian case study.

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1994

The current debate within development research strongly emphasise the role of interest groups in developing and sustaining democratic and liberal economic ...

Squeezing a balloon? Challenging the nexus between organised crime and corruption

U4 Issue | Jul 2009

Corruption and organised crime are of great concern to the international community: while the first is regarded as one of the greatest barriers to development, ...

Political corruption, organised crime, illicit financial flows, international drivers of corruption

Property Taxation in Developing Countries

CMI Brief | Mar 2017

Property tax (PT) raises on average revenues of less than 1% of GDP in developing countries. In many African countries it contributes far less than 0.5%. ...

tax, finance, property tax, real estate, Tanzania, Africa

Winning hearts and minds: Chinese Soft Power Foreign Policy in Africa

CMI Brief | Sep 2013

In President Xi Jinping’s first public speech on African soil after taking office in Tanzania 25 March 2013, his reference to a popular Chinese soap ...

soft power, media, culture, education, media, China, Africa

Implementing a transparency and accountability policy to reduce corruption: The GAVI Alliance in Cameroon

U4 Brief | Dec 2013

The GAVI Alliance – an alliance of the world’s major players in global immunisation – uncovered massive misuse of its grants in Cameroon ...

aid, Cameroon

Infrastructure policy and governance failures

CMI Working Paper | Sep 2012

Interventions to fix market failures in infrastructure have often resulted in some form of governance failure and this contributes importantly to explain ...

Political economy, Infrastructure, Regulation, Reform

Why Should Donors Care about Corruption?

CMI Brief | Jan 2008

Corruption is bad for donor business. Corruption reduces popular support for aid in donor countries. However, aid agencies should pay attention to corruption ...

Anti.corruption, donors, aid

Intergovernmental fiscal relations in the developing world: A review of issues

Book Chapter | Jan 2001

Fiscal decentralisation - the devolution of taxing and spending powers to lower levels of government - has become an important theme of governance in ...

Corruption: A review of contemporary research

CMI Report | Jan 2001

During the last decade corruption has become a topical issue in the international development policy debate. Research on corruption has also expanded ...

Foreign aid to Mozambique, needs and effects. A preliminary report

DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990

This preliminary study provides an overview of international aid received by Mozambique, and brings out central issues regarding the aid policies of representative ...

Aid, Aid coordination, Mozambique, Africa: Mozambique

Civil society’s role in petroleum sector governance: The case of Tanzania

CMI Brief | May 2019

Good governance in the management of natural resources is now recognized by scholars and policy makers as key to ensuring that countries can prevent and ...

Tanzania

The New Deal as an anti-corruption tool? Don't blame the policy, work with it

U4 Brief | Jan 2015

Full text on mobile or tablet The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States provides a framework in which donors and host countries establish shared ...

fragile states

Tracing Gender Differences in Parliamentary Debates: A Growth Curve Analysis of Ugandan MPs' Activity Levels in Plenary Sessions, 1998-2008.

Journal Article | Sep 2014

Participation in legislative debates is potentially an important tool for Members of Parliament (MPs) to communicate policy positions and exert influence ...

Representation, quotas, gender, Uganda

Pro-social preferences and self-selection into the public health sector: evidence from an economic experiment

Journal Article | Jul 2012

Motivational crowding-out theory establishes that the effectiveness of financial incentive schemes, like pay-for-performance, crucially depends on the ...

Pro-social preferences, career choice, economic experiments, health workers, Tanzania