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Beyond the code of conduct: Building ethical competence in public officials
Beyond the code of conduct: Building ethical competence in public officialsU4 Brief | Sep 2009
Can Codes of Conduct set realistic ethical standards for officials? Can training in ethics and professional standards make any practical difference ...
ethics
Courts and power in Latin America and Africa
Courts and power in Latin America and AfricaBook | Mar 2010
Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and democratizing countries, but not in others? And, why do ...
Courts, power, political accountability
Understanding success and failure of anti-corruption initiatives
Understanding success and failure of anti-corruption initiativesU4 Brief | Apr 2011
Most anti-corruption initiatives fail. This Brief sets out to understand why that is, and what might be done about it. Anti-corruption ...
corruption in aid
When more is less. The international project in Afghanistan
When more is less. The international project in AfghanistanBook | Aug 2011
The Western-led efforts to establish a new post-Taliban order in Afghanistan are in serious trouble, and in this book Astri Suhrke sets out ...
peacebuilding, conflict, peace, war, , Afghanistan
The Governance of infrastructure regulation: An economist's view
The Governance of infrastructure regulation: An economist's viewBook Chapter | Jul 2011
INTRODUCTION: Network industries—electricity, gas, road, telecommunications, and private water supply—need regulation in one way ...
network industries, corruption, governance
Service delivery indicators: Pilot in education and health care in Africa
Service delivery indicators: Pilot in education and health care in AfricaCMI Report | Nov 2011
The Service Delivery Indicators (“the Indicators”) provide a set of metrics for benchmarking service delivery performance in ...
Global health and development, Tanzania, Senegal
The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and Uganda
The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and UgandaCMI Working Paper | Feb 2012
In this paper we wish to analyze the interplay between the political setting of electoral authoritarianism and economic grievances expressed ...
Elections, Authoritarianism, Poverty, Mobilization, Regime change, Zambia, Uganda
Brothers in faith: Islamic food activism in Egypt
Brothers in faith: Islamic food activism in EgyptBook Chapter | Jan 2013
This is the first book to examine food activism in diverse local, national, and transnational settings, making it essential reading for students ...
Egypt
Uganda's 2006 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
Uganda's 2006 Presidential and Parliamentary ElectionsCMI Report | Jan 2006
This report analyses the 2006 Ugandan presidential and parliamentary election in terms of the broader process starting with the processes of ...
Uganda, Elections, Political institutions
Local government revenue mobilisation in Anglophone Africa
Local government revenue mobilisation in Anglophone AfricaCMI Working Paper | Oct 2012
This paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilization in Anglophone Africa with an emphasis on urban settings. ...
Local government, Decentralization, Taxes, Business licenses, User fees, Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL): Impartial or Imposed International Justice?
Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL): Impartial or Imposed International Justice?Journal Article | Jun 2013
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) was set up in 2007, under UN auspices to try those involved in the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik ...
Deeply Divided Societies, Human Rights, Hybrid Tribunals, International Criminal, Prosecution, Lebanon, Political Assassinations, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Transitional Justice, Lebanon, Syria
Afghan oil. A source of development or conflict?
Afghan oil. A source of development or conflict?Newspaper Op-Ed | Oct 2010
Norad has been assisting the Afghan Mines Ministry with capacity building and technical support since 2007. With growing international interest ...
Natural resources, conflict, corruption, Afghanistan
The compassionate Brother: A note on Islamic food activism.
The compassionate Brother: A note on Islamic food activism.Journal Article | Jun 2013
From the worldwide rise in food prices to the harassment of a Tunisian produce vendor whose self-immolation set off the Arab Spring, food has ...
Doing the wrong things for the right reasons? “Do no harm” as a principle of reform
Doing the wrong things for the right reasons? “Do no harm” as a principle of reformU4 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
Striking a New Balance? Exploring Civil-Military Relations in Colombia in a Time of Hope
Striking a New Balance? Exploring Civil-Military Relations in Colombia in a Time of HopeCMI Working Paper | May 2015
Colombia appears to be fast approaching an agreement on a set of peace accords ending an armed conflict that has lasted over 55 years. In this ...
Civil-Military Relations, Peace process, Colombia
Tax amnesty in Angola: a fresh start or a vicious circle?
Tax amnesty in Angola: a fresh start or a vicious circle?Angola Brief | Sep 2014
The Angolan Parliament has recently approved a comprehensive set of new tax legislation as part of the ongoing non-oil tax reform. An amnesty ...
Tax amnesty, tax reform, Angola
Back in business: Private sector development for poverty reduction in Norwegian aid
Back in business: Private sector development for poverty reduction in Norwegian aidJournal Article | Jun 2016
Abstract: Private sector development (PSD) is back on the donors’ agenda. In Norway, PSD aid and aid funded loans have increased more ...
Private sector development for poverty reduction. Opportunities and challenges for Norwegian development aid
Private sector development for poverty reduction. Opportunities and challenges for Norwegian development aidCMI Report | Sep 2015
Private sector development (PSD) is back on the donors’ agenda. In Norway, PSD aid and aid funded loans have increased more than five-fold ...
Reality Checks in Mozambique. Sub-Report Lago. Year Three
Reality Checks in Mozambique. Sub-Report Lago. Year ThreeReport in External Series | Dec 2013
A series of five “Reality Checks” will take place in the period 2011-2015, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with ...
Development, Poverty, Lago, Agriculture, Mozambique
Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015
Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015CMI Report | Nov 2015
This report investigates criminal law reform in Sudan, focusing on two important and controversial legal reforms related to (a) a definition ...
Sudan