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Corruption and the city: How aid donors can support integrity building in urban spaces

U4 Brief | Mar 2018

More than half of the world's population live in urban areas. The policies and practices of municipal governments are therefore an integral determinant ...

aid, donor coordination

Developing an NGO corruption risk management system: Considerations for donors

U4 Issue | Sep 2011

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are often on the front line of aid delivery, managing a significant proportion of aid funds. The risk of corruption ...

aid

Repenser la gouvernance afin de combattre la corruption

U4 Brief | Nov 2011

Cette note de synthèse démontre que pour concevoir des stratégies anticorruption plus efficaces, il est indispensable de penser ...

aid

La corruption et la fraude dans les projets d'aide internationale

U4 Brief | Dec 2011

L’examen approfondi de projets dans de nombreux secteurs et contextes différents a permis d’identifier des points communs frappants ...

aid

Donors and "zero tolerance for corruption": From principle to practice

U4 Brief | Feb 2014

Bilateral donors often use “zero tolerance for corruption policies” to signal a tough stance against corruption, but staff often experience ...

aid

Collective donor responses: Barking or biting?

U4 Brief | Mar 2014

In 2006, the OECD Development Assistance Committee Ministers of Development expressed a desire to move towards more effective collective responses to ...

aid

Can We Demonstrate the Difference that Norwegian Aid Makes?

Report in External Series | Jan 2014

What facilitates or impedes the documentation of results of Norwegian aid? This report examines guidelines and practices in the Norwegian aid administration ...

aid

The basics of corruption risk management: A framework for decision making and integration into the project cycles

U4 Issue | Dec 2015

Aid agencies need better systems to identify, assess, and mitigate corruption risks. Risk assessments should consider two main dimensions of an act of ...

aid

Elaborer un système de gestion des risques de corruption pour ONG : Réflexions à l'usage des donateurs

U4 Issue | Sep 2012

Les organisations non-gouvernementales (ONG), souvent en première ligne des activités d’aide au développement, sont amenées ...

aid

Corruption and collective action

U4 Issue | Jan 2015

Increasingly it is argued that anti-corruption efforts have not worked because they are based on inadequate theory, suggesting that collective action ...

aid

Are men and women equally corrupt?

U4 Brief | Jun 2015

The belief that women are less corrupt than men is widespread, even among development specialists. Variations in risk aversion and reciprocal behaviour ...

aid

Avantages et inconvénients des indemnités journalières : une entrave à la bonne gouvernance du secteur de la santé ?

U4 Brief | Nov 2011

Les indemnités journalières constituent un mécanisme important de remboursement des frais encourus au travail, d’encouragement ...

health, aid

A joint response to corruption in Uganda: Donors beginning to bite?

U4 Practice Insight | Mar 2012

Given the stagnating trend on corruption in Uganda and the need to consolidate accountability reforms ahead of the inflow of oil revenues, international ...

aid, Uganda

Rethinking Governance to Fight Corruption

U4 Brief | Oct 2007

This U4 Brief argues that the key to more effective anti-corruption strategies is to think differently about governance. Instead of starting with an OECD ...

aid, World

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 New Deal as an anti-corruption tool?

U4 Brief | Aug 2015

New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States provides a framework in which donors and host countries establish shared priorities for reducing fragility, ...

aid, fragile states

Robustness and vulnerabilities to corruption in Denmark’s aid funding modalities in Afghanistan

CMI Report | Jun 2017

The Danish Embassy’s risk management and mitigation system is well-structured and effective. The Embassy has a coherent and comprehensive anti-corruption ...

aid, funding, anti-corruption, Denmark, Afghanistan

The changing role of Chinese development aid

CMI Insight | Mar 2020

In recent years, China has significantly increased its development interventions. China is now among the major providers of aid to Africa. Foreign aid ...

development, aid, donors, infrastructure, China, Africa, Norway

The Mozambique hidden loans case: An opportunity for donors to demonstrate anti-corruption commitment

U4 Brief | Oct 2018

When the Mozambican government issued guarantees for over 1 billion US$ - ignoring their own oversight mechanisms and lending rules - they ended up in ...

international drivers of corruption, aid, Mozambique

Evaluation of the Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS)

Project | Jan - Dec 2003

The main objectives of the evaluation were to (a) assess the relevance, effectiveness and impact of Danish development assistance administered by MS; ...

aid, NGOs, partnership, Africa: Kenya, Zambia., Asia: Nepal