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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