The separation of Sudan and South Sudan has caused severe problems for the pastoralists living in the borderlands between the two nations. What used to be common land is now subject to border disputes and strict regulations, but cattle and goats do not respect international borders.

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

INTRODUCTION: Network industries—electricity, gas, road, telecommunications, and private water supply—need regulation in one way or the other. ...

This working paper undertakes an initial survey of the dynamics through which the criminalization of female sexuality structures women’s access ...

Private provision has proven itself a useful tool in rolling out sustainable access to infrastructure.  At the same time, both the extent and quality ...

This article develops the argument that blasphemy trials occupy a pivotal role in ‘religion-making’ in post-1998 Indonesia. Examining a blasphemy ...

How do public regulations shape the composition and behavior of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)? Because many NGOs advocate liberal causes, such ...

Weak access to basic services and poor framework conditions for the private sector impede development. Low-quality service provision for example in health, ...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of social networks and intermediares in recruitment and as instruments to control the workforce in lower ...

Hawala networks can be useful partners in the work against money laundering of corruption gains, rather than the obstacle they are often considered to be.

  Secrecy regulations and lacking transparency facilitate criminal activities because it hides away evidence. People who pay bribes, trade weapons, ...

The project contains ten case studies and a synthesis. The case studies have been conducted in five medium sized lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Policies for diversification should focus on international regulation that affects elite incentives, rather than on domestic industrial policy in countries where the economy is in the hands of a few, concludes researchers.

Current approaches to regulating conflicts of interest, often encouraged by international anti-corruption standards, are commonly judged by how restrictive ...

This U4 Issue explores the topic of grand corruption in the regulation of oil. It focuses on how and why corruption can distort or prevent efficient regulation ...

This paper describes the problem of conflict of interest of public officials and the main ways in which it may be tackled, with particular focus on regulation ...

This paper analyzes the impact of liberalization of trade in producer services, focusing on financial services, telecommunications and transport. The ...

The divide between hard law and soft law approaches to global regulation of corporations in relation to human rights is partly based on empirical assumptions. ...

China, India, Brazil and South Africa have become major economic actors and players on the African continent. The role of the West and traditional development aid is rapidly changing. Has the emerging South powers' entry into the African continent changed the name of the game?

Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures designed to protect human, animal and plant health, constitute a significant barrier to exports of agricultural ...