The literature on corruption tends to focus on grand corruption for contracts and licenses worth large sums of money. However, 1.6 billion people ...

Despite widespread implementation across Africa, there is limited evidence of the effect of payment for performance (P4P) schemes in low ...

CMI Brief December 2015 Volume 14 No.08 Huge reservoirs of natural gas have been discovered offshore the southern coast of Tanzania. The country ...

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

Results-based financing has been launched as a strategy to increase the use and improve the quality of health services in low- and middle-income ...

The Local Government Reform Programme (LGRP) in Tanzania aims to restructure local government authorities so that they can respond more effectively ...

The urbanisation of poverty is one of the most dramatic developments on the African continent, yielding contrasting images of affluent residential ...

This report discusses the availability and quality of health services in two provinces of Angola (Luanda and Uíge) and reports how households ...

This study uses industry level foreign direct investment (FDI) data from 57 countries 1989-2000, to examine the host country determinants of ...

The main objective of this evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is to help the World Bank learn how to contribute more effectively ...

Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. ...

Taxpayer compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked to peoples' views of the government's ability to deliver on important services, the fairness of the system, and consequences of tax evasion shows findings from the recent Afrobarometer survey.

To provide insights to the overall questions of the role of the município in the future local governance in the country: Poverty reduction ...

COGENT represents an inter-disciplinary approach to improving household food security and nutrition-related health outcomes among women and ...

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

The Service Delivery Indicators (“the Indicators”) provide a set of metrics for benchmarking service delivery performance in ...

This study uses industry level foreign direct investment (FDI) data from 57 countries 1989-2000, to examine the host country determinants of ...

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

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

What impact has Tanzania's Local Government Reform Programme had on local governance, finances and service delivery? Have there been any ...