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The UNCAC and judicial corruption: Requirements and avenues for reform
U4 Brief | Sep 2009
An independent and impartial justice system underpins the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Where ...
justice, uncac, judicial corruption
Reduce judicial corruption and improve access to justice for all
News | 26 Apr 2016
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.
Reforming tax systems: The foot soldiers of tax
Impact Series | Oct 2018
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 ...
Tax, Tanzania
Reciprocity networks, service delivery, and corruption: The wantok system in Papua New Guinea
U4 Issue | Feb 2020
In all countries, informal systems of reciprocity influence the distribution of state resources. These social networks help people cope with adversity ...
From dominant to competitive party system: The Zambian experiences 1991-2001
Journal Article | Jan 2004
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, ...
Political parties, Politics, Africa: Zambia
Lessons from Zambia – From a profit-based tax system, to a revenue-based tax system
Newspaper Op-Ed | May 2016
Lessons from Zambia – From a profit-based tax system, to a revenue-based tax system Caleb Fundanga,
Tax, mining, Zambia
Aid to judicial reform: Norwegian and international experiences
CMI Report | Jan 2004
Creating a viable judiciary and strengthening its democratic functions has been a main concern of both governments and donors over the last two decades. ...
Judicial reform, Justice sector reform, Foreign aid, Norwegian aid, Courts, Africa: Ethiopia., Americas: Guatemala
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
Capacity building for politicians in contexts of systemic corruption: Countering ‘wasta’ in Jordan
U4 Issue | Jul 2019
The design of one common integrity-building intervention – capacity building for politicians – can be adapted to respond effectively to systemic ...
Towards feasible social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2004
The international community is devoting increasing attention to social security issues in developing countries as part of its preoccupation with poverty ...
Social security, Africa South of Sahara
Why can we not demonstrate the difference that Norwegian aid makes? An evaluation of the results measurement system and practice
Journal Article | Mar 2016
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 ...
Evaluation, foreign aid, methods, review, monitoring, M&E systems
Reintroducing a Local-Level Multiparty System in Uganda: Why Be in Opposition?
Journal Article | Jan 2009
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 ...
Opposition, Local Governance, Elections, Dominant Party Systems, Uganda
The vagaries of descent-reckoning: Father's right is mother's loss
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990
"Pure" matrilineal systems are said to be "doomed" because they are incompatible with economic growth. The author argues that descent systems are not ...
Zambia, Matriliny, Agricultural development, Gender, Africa: Zambia
Electoral System Design and the Effects on Representation and Regionalization in Malawi 1994-2004.
Master's Thesis | Jan 2005
Electoral System Design and the Effects on Representation and Regionalization in Malawi 1994-2004.
Elections, Electoral systems, Africa: Malawi
Mitigating corruption in informal justice systems: NGO experiences in Bangladesh and Sierra Leone
U4 Brief | Feb 2014
Informal justice systems are the principal mechanism for dispute resolution in many societies, but they suffer from two drawbacks. First, in individual ...
justice, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone
The tax systems in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: capacity and constraints
CMI Report | Jun 2011
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, ...
Taxation, tax administration, tax reform, resource curse, state-building, accountability, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system re-structuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2005
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 ...
Malawi, Political parties, Party system, Elections
International money-laundering regulation of alternative remittance systems - why the current approach does not work in developing countries
Journal Article | Jan 2012
This article examines the recommendations of an influential international advisory body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), towards regulation of ...
money laundering, alternative remittance systems, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates
The relationship between the state, family and household. Consequences for women's participation in the education system in Kerala, India
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990
The theme of this working paper is gender and education in India, and more specifically the question why there is significantly higher participation of ...
Gender relations, Education, Kerala, India, Asia: India
Women and legal pluralism: Lessons from indigenous governance systems in the Andes
Journal Article | Jan 2017
The shift towards legally plural multicutural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples' community-based ...