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The Situation of Youth and Children in Kibera
CMI Report | Apr 2015
This report forms part of a larger study titled Advancing the Rights of Children: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Advocacy ...
Kenya
“Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth”. Corporal Punishment of Children in Kibera
CMI Report | Apr 2015
This report forms part of a larger study titled Advancing the Rights of Children: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Advocacy Networks ...
Kenya
Reducing bribery for public services delivered to citizens
U4 Brief | Nov 2015
The literature on corruption tends to focus on grand corruption for contracts and licenses worth large sums of money. However, 1.6 billion people ...
petty bribes, service delivery, public sector, anti-corruption approaches in sector work
On the Way to Good Health? Rural Roads and Morbidity in Upland Orissa
Report in External Series | Oct 2015
This paper investigates the effects of India’s rural roads program (PMGSY) on morbidity, using data on 279 households drawn from 30 villages ...
India
Human and financial capital for microenterprise development: Evidence from a field and lab experiment
Journal Article | Jan 2015
Microenterprises constitute an important source of employment, and developing such enterprises is a key policy concern in most countries. But ...
Mainstreaming anti-corruption into sectors: Practices in U4 partner agencies
U4 Brief | Feb 2014
Integrating anti-corruption measures into sector work – known as mainstreaming – receives increased attention from the development ...
Ungrateful children: migration intensity and remittances in Nepal
CMI Working Paper | Jul 2014
Poverty has declined dramatically in Nepal since the end of the conflict. The sharp increase in revenues primarily comes from remittances. From ...
Remittances, migration, fertility, poverty, Nepal
Fertility, household’s size and poverty in Nepal
CMI Working Paper | Jun 2014
Population control policies keep on attracting a lot of attention. The main argument in favour of a reduction in fertility rates, is that having ...
Household, fertility, Nepal
To pay or not to pay? Citizens’ attitudes towards taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa
Journal Article | Jul 2014
This paper examines factors that determine citizens’ tax-compliance attitude in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. Using the 2011/2012 ...
Taxation, compliance, Kenya, South Africa, Kenya Tanzania, Uganda
Violence et déplacement: La crise des réfugiés Syriens au Liban
Journal Article | Apr 2014
The Syrian revolt has over the past three years escalated into a massive humanitarian crisis with regional implications. The crisis is consistent ...
civil war, displacement, violence, refugees, IDPs, Syria, Lebanon, Syria, Lebanon
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 ...
fragile states, anti-corruption, do no harm, policy, strategy
Why don't clinicians adhere more consistently to the guidelines for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)?
Journal Article | Jan 2014
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) has been introduced to reduce child morbidity and mortality in countries with a poor health ...
Tanzania
Understanding Inequalities in Child Health in Ethiopia: Health Achievements Are Improving in the Period 2000– 2011
Journal Article | Sep 2014
Objective: In Ethiopia, coverage of key health services is low, and community based services have been implemented to improve access to ...
Ethiopia
Demand for second-stage land certification in Ethiopia: Evidence from household panel data
Journal Article | Nov 2014
Ethiopia has implemented one of the largest, fastest and least expensive land registration and certification reforms in Africa. While there ...
Ethiopia
Poverty dynamics among the Dalits of Tarai
Master's Thesis | Nov 2013
The literature suggests that links between social identity and economic outcomes can induce poverty among groups with low social status. This ...
dalit, poverty, poverty dynamics, economics, Nepal, Tarai, Nepal
To pay or not to pay? Citizens' attitudes towards taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa
Report in External Series | Jan 2013
This paper examines factors that determine citizens’ tax-compliance attitude in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. Using the 2011/12 ...
Taxation, compliance, tax behaviour, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Protocol for the evaluation of a pay for performance programme in Pwani region in Tanzania: A controlled before and after study
Journal Article | Aug 2013
The use of supply-side incentives to increase health service utilisation and enhance service quality is gaining momentum in many low- and middle-income ...
Health inequalities in Ethiopia: modeling inequalities in length of life within and between population groups
Journal Article | Aug 2013
Background and objectives
Most studies on health inequalities use average measures, but describing the distribution of health can also provide ...
Ethiopia, Justice, Health inequality, Inequality in length of life, Priority setting, Inequality measurement, Gini
Facing misfortune: Expenditures on Magico-religious Powers for Cure and Protection in Benin
Journal Article | Jan 2013
Drawing on data we collected in Cotonou (southern Benin) we highlight the importance of magico-religious expenditures within Beninese households. ...
Benin, Western Africa
Is oil-rich Angola a development success?
Newspaper Op-Ed | Nov 2012
Ten years after the end of its civil war, Angola, which is heading to the polls Friday, has been transformed into a regional African power with ...
poverty, oil, diversification, Angola