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Beneficial openness? Weighing the costs and benefits of financial transparency
CMI Working Paper | Mar 2017
Public financial transparency is increasingly advocated as a solution to concerns over legal tax planning by multinational corporations, and illegal tax ...
tax, transparency, tax evasion, beneficial ownership, fraud, money laundering
Combating corruption: A transparency index for donors?
Journal Article | Jan 1999
For decades the international donor community has turned a blind eye to corruption in developing countries. This attitude appears to have changed. There ...
Corruption, Foreign aid
Making transparency work in Africa's marine fisheries
U4 Issue | Oct 2011
Global problems facing the marine fisheries sector, including overfishing and the marginalization of the small-scale sector, are leading to increased ...
natural resource management, Africa
Ten challenges in public construction. CEIC-CMI public sector transparency study
Angola Brief | Nov 2011
Nobody questions Angola’s need for infrastructure and housing – and compared to many other countries in the region, the level and outputs ...
Angola
Is transparency the key to reducing corruption in resource-rich countries?
Journal Article | Feb 2009
Transparency is increasingly viewed as central to curbing corruption and other dysfunctions of resource-rich developing countries. The international development ...
natural resources, corruption, transparency, EITI
Leveraging open government for engaging citizens and improving transparency
News | 25 Jan 2016
A series of case studies on the implementation of Open Government Partnership (OGP) reforms found that civil society participation fosters successful implementation, and that the limited capacity of local governments and civil society actors can be an obstacle for reform. Political commitment and strong coordination at the country level also improve the implementation record of OGP National Action Plans.
Using financial performance indicators to promote transparency and accountability in health systems
U4 Brief | Jan 2006
This case-based brief presents experiences of district health management teams in South Africa, where interventions to improve district health planning ...
anti-corruption, health sector
Open government and transparency reform in Chile: Balancing leadership, ambition and implementation capacity
U4 Report | Jan 2015
Chile is a successful open government reformer. The implementing agencies have achieved the targets set in the national action plans for transparency ...
Implementing a transparency and accountability policy to reduce corruption: The GAVI Alliance in Cameroon
U4 Brief | Dec 2013
The GAVI Alliance – an alliance of the world’s major players in global immunisation – uncovered massive misuse of its grants in Cameroon ...
aid, Cameroon
The extractive industries transparency initiative: Impact, effectiveness, and where next for expanding natural resource governance?
U4 Brief | May 2014
The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly Process Certification ...
natural resource management, extractive industries, oil, gas, minerals
Open data for transparency and accountability in health service delivery: What's new in the digital age?
U4 Issue | Aug 2018
Open data platforms have a great unexplored potential. Publicly available health data can make service delivery more transparent and accountable. Experience ...