An independent and impartial justice system underpins the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Where ...

Corrupt judicial systems undermine reforms and are a major impediment to ensuring access to justice and human rights for ordinary citizens across the world, says a new report published by the United Nations Development Programme and U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre on 8 April. Titled, A Transparent and Accountable Judiciary to Deliver Justice for All, the report cites survey data suggesting that the public perceive the judiciary as the second most corrupt public institution, after the police.

Inefficiency and corruption used to be a trademark of the tax systems in many African countries. CMI research has influenced the way governments and donors ...

In all countries, informal systems of reciprocity influence the distribution of state resources. These social networks help people cope with adversity ...

In this article we analyse the changes in the party system in Zambia in the period 1991 to 2001. Based on changes observed in terms of the number of parties, ...

Lessons from Zambia – From a profit-based tax system, to a revenue-based tax system Caleb Fundanga,

Creating a viable judiciary and strengthening its democratic functions has been a main concern of both governments and donors over the last two decades. ...

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

The design of one common integrity-building intervention – capacity building for politicians – can be adapted to respond effectively to systemic ...

The international community is devoting increasing attention to social security issues in developing countries as part of its preoccupation with poverty ...

We assess why the Norwegian aid administration is not able to document its results. We find that the system is not designed to provide the necessary documentation ...

In a referendum in July 2005 the people of Uganda voted overwhelmingly in support of reintroducing the multiparty system. As a result, one expected an ...

"Pure" matrilineal systems are said to be "doomed" because they are incompatible with economic growth. The author argues that descent systems are not ...

Electoral System Design and the Effects on Representation and Regionalization in Malawi 1994-2004.

Informal justice systems are the principal mechanism for dispute resolution in many societies, but they suffer from two drawbacks. First, in individual ...

The purpose of this study is to systematise and analyse existing knowledge of the capacity and constraints of the tax systems in selected African countries, ...

The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African continent, but the effects of the third term debates on ...

This article examines the recommendations of an influential international advisory body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), towards regulation of ...

The theme of this working paper is gender and education in India, and more specifically the question why there is significantly higher participation of ...

The shift towards legally plural multicutural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples' community-based ...