What is the extent and impact of corruption in infrastructure in developing countries? Charles J. Kenny is a development economist and a senior researcher at the World Bank.

The objective of this research is to determine factors affecting land degradation in the upland in Indonesia, and to suggest appropriate policies regarding ...

In this article, we explore the effects that Tunisia’s post-revolutionary democratization process has had on the right to abortion, drawing on ethnographic ...

The project is part of a larger program at the Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, which focuses on child nutrition in Bhaktapur, Nepal. ...

There is growing psychological evidence that various processes differently contribute to our propensity to support or challenge the status quo; to embrace ...

This article charts a new direction in gender quota research by examining whether female legislators in general, and quota recipients in particular, ...

This paper examines factors that determine citizens’ tax-compliance attitude in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. Using the 2011/12 Afrobarometer ...

Health workers’ motivation is a key determinant of the quality of health services, and poor motivation has been found to be an obstacle to service ...

While Ukraine under President Kuchma steered a political course which oscillated between the pursuit of rapprochement to the European Union and unswerving ...

This paper assesses determinants of crop market participation among smallholder farmers in Tanzania, with a focus on transaction cost, asset endowment ...

With the referendum on the self-determination of South Sudan scheduled for January 9, 2011, Sudan will enter the final phase covered by the Comprehensive ...

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This paper proposes a model how individuals form beliefs on inequality based on their own and their family’s experience. A person’s income ...

The role of parliaments in holding the executive accountable is a neglected topic in the study of the democratization process in sub-Saharan Africa. In ...

CMI presents the first report in a series of three qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique. The study looks into people's own emic perceptions of poverty, and offers a host of policy implications.

This chapter examines recent experiences in combating corruption in customs administration in developing countries. There is no lack of measures, norms, ...

Understanding the role of large energy corporations in society is a crucial, yet challenging task for the social science of energy. Ethnographic methods ...

This paper shows how intra-stock relations, such as cannibalism and growth enhancement, define the optimal sharing of a fish resource between heterogeneous ...

Germany’s engagement in Afghanistan post -9/11 is a milestone in German foreign policy. It is historically significant, as it marks the first deployment ...

Livelihood strategies are identified at the household level as a function of assets held, using survey data. Only endowments that are likely to be predetermined ...