• Corruption and Commercial Fisheries in Africa 

      Standing, André (U4 Brief 2008:23, Report, 2008-12-05)
      Heightened competition and considerable illegal fishing by commercial boats, suggest that incentives for corruption in African fisheries are high. Dependence on revenues and investments from foreign countries, as well as ...
    • Corruption and doing business in Serbia 

      Devine, Vera (U4 Brief 2007:11, Report, 2007-10-09)
      Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been described as ‘the backbone' of the economy of the Western Balkans.Indeed, with SMEs making up 99% of Serbian companies, employing 53% of the working population, this is ...
    • Corruption and Forest Revenues in Papua 

      Setiono, Bambang (U4 Brief 2008:18, Report, 2008-06-05)
      Under a sustainable, well-managed, logging regime, Papua - the most densely forested part of Indonesia - can potentially contribute substantial forest revenues for socio-economic development. Yet, it remains the poorest ...
    • Corruption and Fraud in International Aid Projects 

      Kramer, Michael (U4 Brief 2007:4, Report, 2007-10-05)
      By probing projects in many different sectors and differing contexts it has been possible to find some striking similarities in terms of how fraud is taking place. This brief describes corruption and fraud schemes encountered ...
    • Corruption and Industrial Fishing in Africa 

      Standing, André (U4 Issue 2008:7, Research report, 2008-12-05)
      Africa's marine resources are increasingly in demand and are gaining in geopolitical importance. Competition between key fishing nations for access and control over marine resources is joined by competition between local ...
    • Corruption and market reform 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Søreide, Tina (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)
      Market reforms in developing and transition economies have sometimes failed to deliver the desired welfare effects.Corruption may be an important reason for the inefficiency of market reforms, such as privatizationcampaigns. ...
    • Corruption and Other Leakages 

      Amundsen, Inge (Conference object, 2014-09-19)
      Natural resource charter 2014 Conference : “Strengthening Resource Governance: Policy and the Application of Measurement” RWI-NRC is delighted to present this year’s Natural Resource Charter Conference: “Strengthening ...
    • Corruption and water governance in the Mekong River Basin 

      Sopera, Danzig (U4 Issue 2022:12, Research report, 2022-10-01)
      The six countries sharing the Mekong River Basin have governance systems that reinforce corrupt behaviour. This affects choices for regional cooperation on natural resource governance.
    • Corruption definitions and their implications for targeting natural resource corruption 

      Williams, David Aled (Report, 2021-08-01)
      This Brief addresses how understandings of corruption have changed over time, particularly focusing on the practical implications of definitions for how we address corruption. It provides conservation and NRM practitioners ...
    • Corruption during Covid-19. Trends, drivers, and lessons learned for reducing corruption in health emergencies 

      Cuadrado, Daniela Cepeda (U4 Issue 2022:16, Research report, 2022-11-01)
      Find out how corruption materialised during Covid-19, what drove it and how it impacted people. Also highlighted are anti-corruption strategies deployed and lessons learned for use in other health emergencies.
    • Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005. Options for Swedish Development Cooperation 2006-2010 

      Devine, Vera; Mathisen, Harald (Research report, Research report, 2005)
      In Bosnia and Herzegovina, we find that corruption exists in all its facets – bribery, nepotism, embezzlement, diversion of public funds, tax fraud, illegal rent seeking, kick-back schemes etc. The victims of corruption ...
    • Corruption in community-driven development. A Kenyan case study with insights from Indonesia 

      Ensminger, Jean (U4 Issue 2017:9, Research report, 2017-07-01)
      Abstract Community-driven development is a widely employed development strategy for empowering people to choose their own development priorities, to select their own project leaders, and to monitor the implementation of ...
    • Corruption in customs: How can it be tackled? 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Filho, Ernani Checcucci; Raballand, Gaël (Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption, Chapter, 2020-09-01)
      This chapter examines recent experiences in combating corruption in customs administration in developing countries. There is no lack of measures, norms, standards or ‘best practices’ to address corruption. ...
    • Corruption in Emergencies: What Role for Media? 

      Mortensen, Gemma (U4 Brief 2006:2, Report, 2006-01-01)
      This brief is based on the discussion and recommendations that emerged from a meeting of aid agencies, donors and media experts convened by U4 and NORAD in May 2006. For a more comprehensive report of the meeting, along ...
    • Corruption in international business transactions: The perspective of Norwegian firms 

      Søreide, Tina (CMI Reports, Research report, 2004)
      This report presents a study of corruption in international markets by exploring the perspectives of Norwegian firms, their challenges, their experiences and their preferred strategies. The study consists of three parts, ...
    • Corruption in Montenegro 2007: Overview over Main Problems and Status of Reforms 

      Trivunovic, Marijana; Devine, Vera; Mathisen, Harald (Research report, Research report, 2007-09-12)
      This report was commissioned by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to provide an analysis of corruption and the progress of anti-corruption activities in Montenegro, with the objective of ...
    • Corruption in Natural Resource Management - An Introduction 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Søreide, Tina; Williams, Aled (U4 Brief 2008:2, Report, 2008-02-01)
      Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since a substantial number of partner countries in development cooperation are richly endowed with natural resources, these contexts pose a particular challenge ...
    • Corruption in public procurement. Causes, consequences and cures 

      Søreide, Tina (Research report, Research report, 2002)
      This study explores the problem of corruption in public acquisitions of goods and services. While mainly concentrating on the bureaucratic administration, the discussion often includes the political level. Three aspects ...
    • Corruption in Serbia 2007. Overview of Problems and Status of Reforms 

      Trivunovic, Marijana; Devine, Vera; Mathisen, Harald (Research report, Research report, 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 years, available evidence suggests that corruption levels are still ...
    • Corruption in Tax Administration: Lessons from Institutional Reforms in Uganda 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Chapter, 2006-01-01)
      Over the past two decades many developing countries have implemented comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations in order to increase revenue and curb corruption. This chapter examines recent experiences in the fight ...