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Beaten by Bribery: Why not Blow the Whistle?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)A recent business survey in Norway reveals that firms rarely react to corruption, even when they have lost important contracts as a result. This disinclination to take action is explored in the light of market structures, ... -
Breaking the vicious cycle: Entry points for anti-corruption in inclusive peace processes
(U4 Issue 2022:6, Research report, 2022-05-01)Corruption and violent conflict feed off each other in a vicious cycle. Peacebuilders can learn how to reinforce transitions from war to peace with a focus on promoting integrity and accountability. -
Bribes, taxes and regulations: Business constraints for micro enterprises in Tanzania
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)This paper analyses the business environment for micro enterprises in Tanzania based on survey data. The primary objective of the study is to identify major constraints facing the firms’ business operations. Taxation, ... -
Building anti-corruption resilience to combat entrenched corruption systems
(U4 Issue 2022:17, Research report, 2022-12-01)Anti-corruption efforts often assume that instances of corruption found in sectors are separate and unconnected, but sometimes they can be part of corruption systems. More resilient anti-corruption efforts are needed to ... -
Bureaucratic Complexity and Impacts of Corruption in Utilities
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2008)This paper explores how the relationship between bureaucratic complexity and corruption affects the performance in utilities. We observe considerable variation in the performance of the utilities across countries, also ... -
Business Climate Surveys: Experiences from Ghana, Mozambique, and South Africa
(U4 Brief 2008:4, Report, 2008-02-01)Improving the Business and Investment Climate (BIC) has become an important topic in the international discourse on private sector development. Partner governments and donor organisations alike have started to focus more ... -
Business Corruption, Uncertainty and Risk Aversion
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)The presence of business-corruption in a market provokes firms to make choices between legal business approaches and illegal bribery. The outcome of a chosen strategy will usually be uncertain at the time the decision is ... -
Certified integrity? Forest certification and anti-corruption
(U4 Issue 2013:1, Research report, 2013-01-22)Forest certification schemes regulate forest exploitation and trade across many countries. In the absence of a multilateral agreement on limiting deforestation, they provide rules to balance the social, economic and ... -
Citizens Demand Tougher Action on Corruption
(REPOA Brief 11, Research report, 2008-05-10)This brief examines the extent of corruption perceived by residents of six councils in Tanzania; identifying the sectors worst affected. It also presents recommendations on measures to address local corruption based upon ... -
Civil society monitoring in the health sector. The Partnership for Transparency Fund’s work to ensure clean procurement and quality service provision
(U4 Practice Insight 2022:1, Report, 2022-10-01)For successful engagement with and effective monitoring of the health sector, it is important to select the right partner, work closely with communities and authorities, and consider the most appropriate project design and ... -
Clientelist Politics. State formation and corruption in Palestine 1994-2000
(Research report, Research report, 2002)The state formation process in Palestine started after the Oslo agreements between Israel and Palestine in 1994, which established a Palestinian quasi-state. The process came, however, to an almost complete halt with the ... -
Combating Corruption in the Revenue Service: The Case of VAT Refunds in Bolivia
(U4 Brief 2008:14, Report, 2008-05-21)A recent and relatively successful anti-corruption strategy on value added tax refunds conducted in Bolivia, applied a process flow approach that appears to be powerful in preventing corruption in tax administration. This ... -
Combating corruption: A transparency index for donors?
(Development Today vol. 9 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1999-01-01)For decades the international donor community has turned a blind eye to corruption in developing countries. This attitude appears to have changed. There is now a remarkable consensus among aid organisations on the importance ... -
Community-based natural resource management as a good governance and anti-corruption method: Lessons from Madagascar
(U4 Issue 2023:4, Research report, 2023-06-01)In Madagascar, high-level corruption can undermine local efforts to save the island’s threatened ecosystems. Communities need better participation and improved trust in conservation organisations. -
Competition and corruption. What can the donor community do?
(U4 Brief 2007:8, Report, 2007-10-09)This Brief discusses how corruption might threaten the benefits of competition in a market. Corruption can result in too much market power for some firms and thus increase prices and negatively influence the supply of goods ... -
Confronting corruption in humanitarian aid: Perspectives and options
(U4 Brief 2009:3, Report, 2009-03-26)Humanitarian crises that call for international assistance almost always take place in countries that either can’t or won’t meet the needs of their population at risk. Vulnerable environments, poverty, and poor governance ... -
Controlling fiscal corruption. Theoretical approaches and illustrations from Tanzania
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)The primary concern of this paper is to discuss the role of various economic factors in explaining corruption in tax administration. The emphasis is on how the incentive structure of the tax system affects the decisions ... -
Coping with corruption: Small and medium enterprises in Ghana
(U4 Brief 2022:2, Report, 2022-06-01)Small firms seem to be more compliant when exposed to international standards and regulations as partners to multinationals. -
Corruption and Aid Modalities
(U4 Issue 2008:4, Research report, 2008-08-01)The introduction of ‘new' aid modalities - and in particular general budget support - has increased the interest in the relationship between corruption and aid modalities. This U4 Issue reviews the information that theory ... -
Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Environmental and Resource Management
(Annual Review of Environment and Resources vol. 45, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-01)Corruption significantly affects the large majority of countries, and it has negative social and economic impacts. Its impacts on environmental and resource management (ERM) sectors are less well understood. We review ...