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Effectiveness of a girls’ empowerment programme on early childbearing, marriage and school dropout among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Journal Article | Jan 2016
Background: Adolescent pregnancies pose a risk to the young mothers and their babies. In Zambia, 35% of young girls in rural areas have given ...
Corruption and migrant returns. Managing risk in assisted return programmes
U4 Brief | Jan 2018
To incentivise the return of rejected asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, most European states support Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration ...
Improving coherence in the illicit financial flows agenda
U4 Issue | Nov 2018
The illicit financial flows (IFF) agenda has momentum, but weaknesses remain in its foundations, with the definition, measurement, and estimation ...
Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia: a qualitative case study
Journal Article | Nov 2019
Background: Cash Transfer (CT) schemes have become popular poverty reducing measures in many low and middle-income countries. Research indicates ...
Acceptability, Cash transfer, adolescent health, Zambia, Zambia
Improving the Quality of Health Care when Health Workers are in Short Supply
CMI Working Paper | Dec 2008
A number of low- and middle-income countries have a severe shortage of health workers. This paper studies how health workers' choices of labour ...
Tanzania
Conciliatory approaches to the insurgency in Afghanistan: An overview
CMI Report | Jan 2009
This report is a preliminary mapping of initiatives designed to promote peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan. It is a snapshot in time, focusing ...
Peace, Reconciliation, Afghanistan
The UNCAC and judicial corruption: Requirements and avenues for reform
U4 Brief | Sep 2009
An independent and impartial justice system underpins the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). ...
justice, uncac, judicial corruption
How to monitor and evaluate anti-corruption agencies: Guidelines for agencies, donors, and evaluators
U4 Issue | Sep 2011
The number of Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) around the world has increased dramatically over the past decades. Nevertheless, the value of ...
anti-corruption agencies
Measuring unfair (in)equality
Journal Article | Jun 2011
Measuring unfair (in)equality Ingvild Almås, Jo Thori Lind, Alexander Wright Cappelen, Erik Øiolf Sø
Why multi-stakeholder groups succeed and fail
Book Chapter | Jan 2011
Theories of corruption incidence hold that sectors with a high degree of complexity are particularly prone to corruption because it is difficult ...
Corruption
Does democracy reduce corruption?
CMI Working Paper | Dec 2011
While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy ...
Democracy, corruption, conflict, endogeneity, Bangladesh
Corruption indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks for budget support
U4 Issue | Mar 2012
Corruption indicators have been used in budget support Performance Assessment Frameworks (PAFs) for a variety of purposes, including to control ...
Performance Assessment Framework (PAF), General Budget Support (GBS), , Corruption, Anti-corruption, Indicator Measurement, Monitoring, Evaluation, evaluation measurement
Can UNCAC address grand corruption?
U4 Report | Nov 2011
The political economies of many developing countries are characterised by varying degrees of patronage and state capture, a reality that has ...
uncac, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya
Building taxpayer culture in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: Achievements, challenges and policy recommendations
CMI Report | Jul 2012
The study examines measures that aim to encourage taxpayer compliance through taxpayer education and constructive engagement between the government ...
Taxation, Tax morale, Tax compliance, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Illicit financial flows and measures to counter them: An introduction
U4 Brief | Oct 2012
The most common sources of illicit financial flows are tax evasion and money laundering. Countermeasures include institution building strategies, ...
international drivers of corruption
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 ...
The revolving door Indicator: Estimating the distortionary power of the revolving door
U4 Brief | Dec 2014
When people move between positions as regulator or legislators and private companies within the same sector this can lead to conflicts of interest, ...
evaluation measurement
Measuring the performance of health workers
Book Chapter | Oct 2016
Measuring the performance of health workers Kenneth Leonard; Ottar Mæstad Health Labor Market Analy
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
Does democracy reduce corruption?
Journal Article | Oct 2016
While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. ...
Democracy, corruption, conflict, endogeneity, Bangladesh