The East African Countries (EAC) Secretariat’s Energy Division supports regional knowledge coordination and has become a common forum for exchange ...

This energy review examines the gas and power sectors in terms of major actors, current and potential output, generation, transmission and distribution ...

Our recent research indicates that increased corruption brings increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in the extractive industries. Moreover, corruption ...

Sector approaches to combating corruption have gained momentum in recent years, yet the strategic prioritization of sector anti-corruption initiatives ...

This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations ...

Sector-specific anti-corruption efforts are widely recommended but rarely implemented at the country level. The Moroccan Central Authority for ...

The U4 theme page on Corruption in the Education sector provides essential resources about the challenges posed by corruption in the education sector ...

Angola's rapid economic growth over the last decade has been driven almost exclusively by the oil sector: 98% of Angola’s exports are linked to this sector. Yet, Angola has also seen explosive growth of its financial sector. Why has the Angolan financial sector grown so rapidly? How are Angola’s natural resource sector and its finance sector linked? How does Angola’s financial sector interface with the global economy?

This U4 study investigates whether and how the judicial sector could benefit from anti-corruption measures that have proved useful in other sectors in ...

Security sector reform addresses two main challenges: (1) assisting institutions capable of providing security for the state and its citizens and (2) ...

Corruption in the health sector can make the difference between life and death. It has severe consequences for access, quality, equity, efficiency, and ...

This report assesses a set of criteria for providing development aid in the form of general budget support and sector support. The criteria are suggested ...

This paper addresses corruption in the governance of petroleum and underscores the importance of treating this problem as a result of factors that go ...

The currently used concept of private sector corruption does not cover new types of corruption that have emerged in response to the increasing complexity ...

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The petroleum sector is a service-intensive industry. The quality, price and availability of services are therefore important for the productivity level ...

Corrupt dealings by companies are often only a way to avoid inefficiency caused by weak regulations and institutions. While the private sector is commonly ...

This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges ...

This paper develops a dynamic two-country, two-sector model of international trade with asymmetric technological spillovers, static increasing returns ...

Integrating anti-corruption measures into sector work – known as mainstreaming – receives increased attention from the development community. ...