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We research how corruption can be addressed in different contexts.

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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

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. This ...

corruption, anti-corruption, aid

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

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 static ...

corruption, dynamic analysis

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 care expenditures ...

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 abuses of ...

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) medicines ...

corruption, health sector

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 explain ...

corruption, health sector

Money in politics: Transparency in action

U4 Brief | Sep 2007

Fostering disclosure of political finance information regarding public as well as private funds is key to address money's undue influence over democratic ...

corruption, political corruption

Costa Rica’s Anti-Corruption Trajectory: Strengths and Limitations

Report in External Series | Sep 2014

In spite of the economic and social policy successes of Latin America’s longest surviving democracy, corruption has become a major problem shaking ...

corruption, Costa Rica

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 some firms ...

private sector, corruption, world

Anti-Corruption in the Health Sector: Preventing Drug Diversion through Supply Chain Management

U4 Brief | Jan 2006

Drug supply is an essential component of health care systems, accounting for 10-30% of health care costs. Drugs can be expensive, and willingness to pay ...

corruption, health, world

Anti-Corruption in the Health Sector: Reducing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in User Fee Systems

U4 Brief | Jan 2006

Designed to promote efficiency and expand access to health care services by leveraging financial contributions from patients, user fee systems are in ...

corruption, health, World

The Recovery of Stolen Assets: A Fundamental Principle of the UN Convention against Corruption

U4 Brief | Oct 2007

Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the United Nations determined in 2004 that 54 countries had actually become poorer than they were 15 years ...

corruption, uncac, World

Corruption in Emergencies: What Role for Media?

U4 Brief | Jan 2006

This brief is based on the discussion and recommendations that emerged from a meeting of aid agencies, donors and media experts convened by U4 and NORAD ...

corruption, emergencies, world

International handbook on the economics of corruption, volume two

Edited Book | Aug 2011

A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in volume two present ...

corruption, governance, economics

Informal pay and the quality of health care: lessons from Tanzania

U4 Brief | Oct 2007

Informal payments for health services are common in many transitional and developing countries. Informal payments are often claimed to reduce access to ...

corruption, health, Tanzania

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 the Advisory ...

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 society ...

corruption, construction, multistakeholder group, political economy

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 their development ...

corruption, anti-corruption conventions, commissions, World