We study how political institutions, political processes and political action shape and are shaped by democracy and rights, economic outcomes and social development.

The chapter discusses how the five main countries of Southeast Asia have handled the pressures of rapid economic growth and ethnic relations. ...

The chapter gives an overview of the state and trends of human rights in Nepal up to 1992. It covers the full range of rights from civil and ...

The chapter gives a broad overview of the state and trends of human rights in Pakistan up to 1993. It covers both civil and political rights ...

Tanzania has recently discovered large petroleum and natural gas reserves, boosting its natural resource stocks and potential future revenue ...

Good governance facades Karl Ove Moene, Tina Søreide Greed, Corruption, and the Modern State : Essa

Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change. The poor are the most vulnerable to heat waves, sea level rise, the destruction of coastal zones, drought and water shortages. Is fair global interenational climate governance possible, asks Professor Oliver C. Ruppel.

Good Tax Governance (GTG) and more effective tax systems are central for sustainable development because they can: (i) mobilise the domestic ...

Interventions to fix market failures in infrastructure have often resulted in some form of governance failure and this contributes importantly ...

Innovative management of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) forests is an international priority. It is important to promote socio-economic ...

The overall objective of the programme is institutional research co-operation on issues relevant to the poor in Bangladesh, support ...

The World Bank identified judiciary among institutions which ran down during centralized governance. The Bank also expressed the need for and ...

Participation and governance in the development of Borana: Southern Ethiopia Johan Helland African

Introduction. Rethinking responsibility and governance in resource extraction Owen Logan and John-A

Corruption in the pharmaceutical system results in wasted resources, limited access to health services and reduced health gains. In this U4 ...

This report is the result of deskwork review of two major documents, signed in 2005 on Abyei area conflict, in order to expose factors that ...

Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis methods are currently underutilised in evaluations of governance and anti-corruption reforms in ...

The international donor community has been trying to promote democratic systems of governance in developing countries. Is progress being made?

Presentations/lectures on corruption (concepts, causes and consequences), anti-corruption (tools and strategies), company perspectives and good ...

Presentations/lectures on corruption (concepts, causes and consequences), anti-corruption (tools and strategies), company perspectives and good ...

Presentations/lectures on corruption (concepts, causes and consequences), anti-corruption (tools and strategies), company perspectives and good ...