Civil society accountability initiatives that take into account power structures at multiple levels can produce more lasting institutional change, compared ...

The article provides an overview of the involvement of civil society organiza!ons and citizens in public procurement. It analyses the main challenges ...

Despite the proliferation of civil society monitoring and advocacy initiatives, accountability failures are still persistent. Vertical integration provides a strategy for civil society initiatives to minimize the loopholes in their advocacy and monitoring which facilitate the perpetuation of corruption and inefficiency.

Education budget work conducted by civil society is a powerful way of holding governments accountable to their citizens, and drawing attention to corruption ...

Modern politics face the challenge of reconciling the presence of money in politics with the risks it poses to democratic values and good governance. ...

Political economist focusing on natural resource management, the education sector, civil society, and monitoring and evaluation in development aid

A new report concludes that Norwegian umbrella and network organisations are effective in building capacity in the South, but are cost-inefficient and have poor systems for monitoring and evaluations. Researchers recommend a channeling of more funds to funding mechanisms for civil society in the South rather than leaning on umbrella and network organisations in Norway.

Many communities in Mozambique find themselves in the rural-urban interface, either by being small towns or rural areas in the vicinity of cities. There ...

This is the third in a series of six qualitative studies monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, PARPA. Many communities ...

What can explain the apparent lack of political will to formulate, implement and monitor the budget process and public financial management in accordance ...

Honduras invests large sums in education,but powerful teachers' unions and political appointments hinder reforms in a sector vulnerable to corruption ...

Open data platforms have a great unexplored potential. Publicly available health data can make service delivery more transparent and accountable. Experience ...

This report is the second in a series of six participatory and qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique, undertaken as part of the monitoring and ...

This report recommends that Human Rights in Developing Countries adopt a radically new approach to monitoring human rights. The "old way" is to monitor ...

Political scientist focused on digital tools for anti-corruption, democracy, development and humanitarianism

Heightened competition and considerable illegal fishing by commercial boats, suggest that incentives for corruption in African fisheries are high. Dependence ...

This U4 Issue Paper translates lessons related to monitoring judicial reform to the specific requirements of UNCAC Article 11. Taking the Paris Declaration’s ...

Even if a formal commitment expressed in legal frameworks exists, participation is not always easy to implement, and not all societies are used to open spaces for a broader participation. Camilla Gianelli raise some questions regarding the risk of adopting participatory mechanisms as a recipe.

The article gives an assessment of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, primarily of the mission's limits and potentials with regards to human rights monitoring ...

The Routledge Research Companion to Outsourcing Security offers an overview of the different ways in which states have come to rely on private contractors ...