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The extractive industries transparency initiative: Impact, effectiveness, and where next for expanding natural resource governance?
(U4 Brief 2014:6, Report, 2014-05-14)The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme in 2003 and continuing with the Global Witness/Publish ... -
The fear and the challenges of returning to Afghanistan
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The fight against corruption and the role of parliamentarians
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This note outlines some challenges facing parliamentarians in the fight against corruption. To succeed, it is argued, requires open-mindedness with respect to the weaknesses of political institutions, and to seriously ... -
The Final Death Blow to the Turkish Constitutional Court
(Others, 2021-01-01)On 22 January 2021, Turkish President Erdoğan appointed Mr. İrfan Fidan to the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC). Besides his alleged close ties to Erdoğan, Fidan was the prosecutor of many high-profile criminal ... -
The Final Nail In The Coffin For 'Nordic Exceptionalism'
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The Financial Action Task Force: An introduction
(U4 Brief 2015:5, Report, 2015-01-01)The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a Paris-based intergovernmental organization that was founded with the objective of promoting effective implementation of laws, regulations, and other measures for combating money ... -
The fish’s head: Appointment and removal procedures for anti-corruption agency leadership
(U4 Issue 2015:12, Research report, 2015-06-01)“A fish rots from the head” is the saying when an organisation’s leadership is seen as responsible for the unethical behaviour of its personnel. Undue external interference with an anti-corruption agency (ACA) is likely ... -
The Future of Mechanized Schemes and Agricultural Investment in the South Kordofan State / Nuba Mountains
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:5, Working paper, 2016-09-01)Abstract This paper tackles the issue of the future of mechanized schemes and investment in the agricultural sector in the South Kordofan State/Nuba Mountains. The main objective of this study is to assess the viability ... -
The future of UN policing? The Norway-led Specialized Police Team to combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Haiti 2010–2019.
(CMI Report 2021:3, Research report, 2021-08-01)The purpose of the specialized police team deployed to Haiti under MINUSTAH was to help build the Haitian National Police’s capacity to prevent, investigate and prosecute SGBV, which had increased dramatically in the ... -
The Gatekeepers: Political Participation of Women in Malawi
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 12, Report, 2016-08-01)All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of the chairpersons and secretaries of the political parties in Malawi, and their role as ... -
The Gender Machinery Women in Malawi’s Central Government Administration
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 11, Report, 2016-06-01)Malawi has its version of a ‘national gender machinery’, like many other countries, established to break the barriers against women representation in politics and to promote women interests. However, the way in which this ... -
The gendered impact of corruption: Who suffers more? men or women?
(U4 Brief 2015:9, Report, 2015-01-01)What supports the claim that corruption causes more suffering for women than men? By distinguishing between indirect victimisation and direct victimisation, it is reasonable to assume women suffer more, and differently, ... -
The gendering of poverty and inequality in rural Malanje, Angola
(CMI Report R 2018:10, Research report, 2018-01-01)This report is concerned with analyzing the gendered dimensions of rural poverty, based on qualitative and quantitative research in the rural municipality of Kalandula in the northeastern province of Malanje, Angola. The ... -
The gendering of poverty and inequality in rural Malanje, Angola
(CMI Report R 2018:10, Research report, 2018-06-01)This report is concerned with analyzing the gendered dimensions of rural poverty, based on qualitative and quantitative research in the rural municipality of Kalandula in the northeastern province of Malanje, Angola. The ... -
The global participation backlash: Implications for natural resource initiatives
(U4 Brief 2017:4, Report, 2017-06-01)Civil society organizations can help to ensure good governance over natural resources as members of global multi-stakeholder initiatives like the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Yet a good number of resource-rich ... -
The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents
(Reproductive Health vol. 14 no. 29, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)Background Adolescents face a range of health problems but many barriers block their access to health services, and in particular to sexual and reproductive health services. The objective of this study was to assess the ... -
The Humanitarian Theater in the Mediterranean and the Threat of Violence in the Balkans
(Journal of Borderlands Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-01)This article compares the Mediterranean and the Balkan routes of migration into the European Union, exploring the (in)visibility and (un)knowability of the management of European borderlands. It offers a historical overview ... -
The Idea of a Clean and Efficient War Is a Dangerous Lie
(Others, 2022-04-01)There is dominant propaganda that seems to suggest war can be conducted according to a set of acceptable, standardized, and abstract rules. It can't. Originally published in Common Dreams. Republished in Focaal Blog, ... -
The Impact of elections: The case of Uganda
(Crisis in Autocratic Regimes, Chapter, 2017-01-01)The comparative democratization literature is divided on the effects of multiparty elections in non - democratic regimes. Early analyses assumed that elections would lead to democracy, yet more recent studies highlight ... -
The Impact of Information and Accountability on Hospital Procurement Corruption in Argentina and Bolivia
(U4 Brief 2008:7, Report, 2008-05-02)Argentina and Bolivia have both attempted to curb corruption in procurement of hospital supplies. With varying degrees of success, their experiences tell a lesson: unless there are consequences attached to identified ...