The development community is striving to achieve results and value for money with its investments in health around the world. Yet, donors ...

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

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

This study details the perceived benefits, problems, and risks of abuse of per diems and allowances in developing countries. Drawing on ...

Power and influence analysis can be used to assess corruption vulnerabilities in the public sector. This approach helps identify powerful stakeholders ...

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

Most organizations use per diems as a way to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for travel and to encourage staff to attend professional development ...

Corruption in the pharmaceutical system results in wasted resources, limited access to health services and reduced health gains. In this U4 ...

Informal payments for health services are common in many transitional and developing countries. Informal payments are often claimed to reduce ...

Las estrategias para aumentar la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas suelen incluir mecanismos por medio de los cuales los organismos ...

Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisation – culminating with the current economic crisis. ...

Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop Local Content Policies (LCPs) to increase ...

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

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 book, co-edited by Harald Mathisen from CMI/U4 describes how corruption is a serious problem for both rich and poor countries, threatening ...

Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ...

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

Motivational crowding-out theory establishes that the effectiveness of financial incentive schemes, like pay-for-performance, crucially depends ...

Health workers’ motivation is a key determinant of the quality of health services, and poor motivation has been found to be an obstacle ...

This study examines the empirical relationship between financial development and economic growth. The employed data set includes a representative ...