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Local research correspondent - EU Anti-Corruption Monitoring Report

Project | Jan 2012 - Jan 1900

Country-level corruption assessment for DG HOME

The cognitive psychology of corruption. Micro-level explanations for unethical behaviour

U4 Issue | Jun 2018

Traditional theories of corruption often make assumptions about motivations that may not necessarily be valid. We explored the power of an alternative ...

Political corruption and the role of donors (in Uganda)

Commissioned Report | Jan 2006

Political leadership and commitment to fight corruption at the highest levels is one of the most important preconditions for success in the fight against ...

Uganda

Korrumperer korrupsjon? En dynamisk analyse av korrupsjonsnivå

CMI Report | Jan 2000

By help of dynamic analysis this study models changes in the level of corruption within a restricted entity, like a public institution. An existing static ...

corruption, dynamic analysis

Corruption and REDD+: Identifying risks amid complexity

U4 Brief | May 2012

Corruption and other factors can influence deforestation in contradictory ways. For the purpose of country-level implementation of REDD+, donors should ...

REDD+, public financial management and procurement, Indonesia

Corruption in Serbia 2007. Overview of Problems and Status of Reforms

CMI Report | Jul 2007

Corruption is one of the most important problems facing Serbia. While there are some indications that corruption may have become less rampant in recent ...

Corruption, Serbia

'Goats eat where they are tied up': illicit and habitual corruption in Mozambique

Journal Article | Dec 2018

The article shows that corruption is structural and omnipresent in Mozambican society, effectively legitimising corrupt practices at all levels. Using ...

Mozambique, Corruption, Poverty, Social exclusion, anthropology

Corruption and Aid Modalities

U4 Issue | Aug 2008

The introduction of ‘new' aid modalities - and in particular general budget support - has increased the interest in the relationship between corruption ...

corruption, anti-corruption, corruption in aid, public financial management and procurement

Costa Rica’s Anti-Corruption Trajectory: Strengths and Limitations

Report in External Series | Sep 2014

In spite of the economic and social policy successes of Latin America’s longest surviving democracy, corruption has become a major problem shaking ...

corruption, Costa Rica

Addressing illicit financial flows for anti-corruption at country level. A primer for development practitioners

U4 Issue | Jun 2019

Developing countries lose a massive volume of wealth through illicit financial flows (IFFs), presenting a major threat to their development. Initiatives ...

Business Corruption: Speak Out or Take Part?

Book Chapter | Jun 2007

A high level of corruption in a market implies that some firms will lose contracts because competitors offer bribes. An interesting question relates to ...

Corruption

The Proxy Challenge: Why bespoke proxy indicators can help solve the anti-corruption measurement problem

U4 Brief | Jul 2013

Practitioners working in anti-corruption face perennial challenges in measuring changes in corruption levels and evaluating whether anti-corruption efforts ...

evaluation measurement

UNCAC in a nutshell. A quick guide to the United Nations Convention against Corruption for embassy and donor agency staff

U4 Brief | Aug 2010

This guide provides an introduction for country-level embassy and donor agency staff on what the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ...

uncac

Exploring the links between UNCAC and the Paris Declaration

U4 Brief | Oct 2009

It is acknowledged by donors that the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) should play a central role in country-level dialogue, implementation, and ...

uncac

Mainstreaming anti-corruption initiatives: Development of a water sector strategy in Mozambique

U4 Practice Insight | Dec 2014

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

anti-corruption approaches in sector work, Mozambique

Addressing corruption through sector approaches: Exploring lessons from the Moroccan anticorruption strategy for the health sector

U4 Practice Insight | May 2013

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

anti-corruption, health sector, Morocco

Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption

CMI Working Paper | Sep 2014

The effect of government decentralization on corruption is theoretically ambiguous. On the one hand, bringing government closer to the people could increase ...

Decentralization, Corruption, Bribery, Accountability, Capture

Will REDD+ safeguards mitigate corruption? Qualitative evidence from Southeast Asia

Journal Article | Jul 2019

High levels of faith and finance have been invested in REDD+ as a promising global climate change mitigation policy. Since its inception in 2007, corruption ...

REDD+, , Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam

Combating corruption and illicit financial flows through law

News | 13 Sep 2019

There is a multitude of rules and regulations designed to make it harder not only to pay bribes but also dodge paying taxes, but multinational companies ...

Police reform in Georgia. Cracks in an anti-corruption success story

U4 Practice Insight | Jul 2010

The significant reduction of street-level police corruption has been hailed as one of the success stories of post-revolutionary Georgia. However, a closer ...

justice, anti-corruption, police, judicial corruption, Georgia