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We research how corruption can be addressed in different contexts.

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Assessing corruption risks critical for success of REDD

Newspaper Op-Ed | Sep 2012

Learning the right lessons from past experiences with corruption in the forest sector is crucial to prevent broad undermining of REDD+.

corruption, anti-corruption, REDD, Uganda

The elephant still in the room: The effectiveness of development aid policy regarding corruption

Newspaper Op-Ed | Apr 2011

Anecdotes abound that corruption is still a very real challenge for development aid policy and practice. So too does more formal research evidence. ...

corruption, anti-corruption, aid

Trading in corruption: Evidence and mitigation measures for corruption in the trading of oil and minerals

U4 Issue | Jun 2017

Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ ...

natural resource management, oil, minerals, resource curse, commodity trading, corruption, national oil companies, state-owned enterprises, extractive revenue misappropriation

Corruption as illegitimate violation of the division of moral labour

Project | Dec 2007 - Dec 2008

A substantial amount of research has been conducted into the incidence of corruption, its consequences, and what determines the actions of potentially ...

corruption, ethics

Corruption, Anti-corruption Efforts and Aid: Do Donors Have the Right Approach?

Report in External Series | Feb 2008

This paper is an output from a two-year research project on the linkages between Good Governance, New Aid Modalities and Poverty Reduction for ...

corruption, governance, aid, budget support

Why multistakeholder groups succeed and fail

Report in External Series | Dec 2010

Anti-corruption initiatives increasingly use multi-stakeholder groups, comprised of representatives from government, private sector, and civil ...

corruption, construction, multistakeholder group, political economy

Korrumperer korrupsjon? En dynamisk analyse av korrupsjonsnivå

CMI Report | Jan 2000

By help of dynamic analysis this study models changes in the level of corruption within a restricted entity, like a public institution. An existing ...

corruption, dynamic analysis

Corruption in public procurement. Causes, consequences and cures

CMI Report | Jan 2002

Report originally commissioned by the Angola-Instituto de Pesquisa Économica e Social (AIP) to assist the preparations for a public procurement ...

corruption, procurement, international competitive bidding, bribery, public reform

Achieving Success and Avoiding Failure in Anti-Corruption Commissions: Developing the Role of Donors

U4 Brief | Oct 2007

Anti-corruption Commissions (ACCs) have, with one or two exceptions, been a disappointment both to the people of developing countries and to ...

corruption, anti-corruption conventions, commissions, World

Competition and corruption. What can the donor community do?

U4 Brief | Oct 2007

This Brief discusses how corruption might threaten the benefits of competition in a market. Corruption can result in too much market power for ...

private sector, corruption, world

Corruption in Natural Resource Management - An Introduction

U4 Brief | Feb 2008

Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since a substantial number of partner countries in development cooperation are ...

corruption, oil, forestry, natural resources, anti-corruption, natural resource management, World

The Impact of Information and Accountability on Hospital Procurement Corruption in Argentina and Bolivia

U4 Brief | May 2008

Argentina and Bolivia have both attempted to curb corruption in procurement of hospital supplies. With varying degrees of success, their experiences ...

corruption, health sector, Argentina, Bolivia

Fraud in Hospitals

U4 Brief | May 2008

Hospitals are vulnerable to corruption. In the U.S., health care fraud has been stimated to cost $60 billion per year, or 3% of total health ...

corruption, health sector

Transparency in Health Programmes

U4 Brief | May 2008

Transparency is an important tool for good governance, helping to expose abusive practices including fraud, patronage, corruption, and other ...

corruption, health sector

Transparency and Accountability in an Electronic Era: The Case of Pharmaceutical Procurements

U4 Brief | May 2008

The burgeoning HIV/AIDS epidemic means that more labor and financial resources are being dedicated to the procurement of antiretroviral (ARV) ...

corruption, health sector

Embezzlement of Donor Funding in Health Projects

U4 Brief | May 2008

Donor funding has fuelled a vast increase in service delivery, medical research and clinical trials throughout the developing world. Yet, there ...

corruption, health sector, monitoring aid, corruption in aid

Pay for Honesty? Lessons on Wages and Corruption from Public Hospitals

U4 Brief | May 2008

Theft, graft, absenteeism and soliciting bribes in the health sector in developing countries is often blamed on low pay. But does low pay actually ...

corruption, health sector

Grand Corruption in the Regulation of Oil

U4 Issue | May 2008

This U4 Issue explores the topic of grand corruption in the regulation of oil. It focuses on how and why corruption can distort or prevent efficient ...

corruption, natural resources, oil, natural resource management

Mission Improbable. Does Petroleum-related Aid Address Corruption in Resource-rich Countries?

U4 Issue | Jun 2008

Petroleum-related aid programmes and projects are a key part of donor activities in oil-rich developing countries. This U4 Issue explores the ...

corruption, natural resources, oil, development assistance, natural resource management

La Construcción de Políticas Anticorrupción en la Práctica: Implicaciones de la Implementación de la CNUCC

U4 Brief | Aug 2008

En muchos países con corrupción generalizada, los gobiernos han elaborado extensas estrategias nacionales anti-corrupción ...

corruption, anti-corruption, conventions, UNCAC, spanish