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Financial intermediaries – Anti-money laundering allies in cash-based societies?
(U4 Issue 2015:10, Research report, 2015-01-01)Many informal cash-based economies run parallel financial systems that are very different to the Western banking concept. Such countries are perceived to have a high risk of money laundering. Looking at Afghanistan, Somalia, ... -
Financing education in Afghanistan: Opportunities for action
(Research report, 2015-01-01)The Afghan Ministry of Education estimates that there are presently 8.35 million students (39% of which are girls) in primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary government schools, including Islamic schooling, out of a ... -
Fiscal corruption: A vice or a virtue?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)Recent literature on tax administration in poor countries suggests that inducing more fiscal corruption may contribute to reducing tax evasion and increasing tax revenues. But does such an intriguing paradox justify policies ... -
'Fiscal corruption: a vice or virtue': a reply
(World Development vol. 31 no. 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003-01-01) -
Fiscal corruption: A vice or virtue?
(World Development vol. 31 no. 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003-01-01)Recent literature on tax administration in poor countries suggests there are virtues of allowing fiscal corruption. By strengthening the bargaining power of corrupt tax officers, it is argued that tax evasion may be reduced ... -
Fiscal Decentralisation and Corruption - A Brief Overview of the Issues
(U4 Issue 2006:3, Research report, 2006-01-01)A frequently used argument for fiscal decentralisation is that it increases accountability in the spending and raising of public funds, by moving government closer to the people. At the same time, there are concerns that ... -
Fiscal decentralisation in developing countries: Lessons for Bangladesh
(CMI Brief vol. 13 no. 2, Report, 2014-04-23)There is an ongoing debate in Bangladesh in civil society and among policymakers, whether the country should move from a highly centralised unitary state to a more devolved entity. Demand for more decentralisation of ... -
Fiscal decentralisation in Tanzania: For better or for worse?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)Tanzania is currently implementing a local government reform aimed at improving public service delivery. An important component of the reform is to increase the fiscal autonomy of local authorities. This policy is encouraged ... -
Fish as vehicle for economic development in post-independence Namibia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)A key fishery policy issue decided by the new government of Namibia soon after independence in 1990 relates to the division of the total allowable catch for hake between wetfish and freezer trawlers. Using economic and ... -
Fishers, Monks and Cadres: Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam, co-published by NIAS Press and the University of Hawai'i Press (North American Paperback Edition March 2021)
(Book, 2020-09-01)This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities as well as their farmer neighbors - even ... -
Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system re-structuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African continent, but the effects of the third term debates on the institutionalization of the party systems have so far not been ... -
"Flooding our eyes with rubbish": urban waste management in Maputo, Mozambique
(Environment and Urbanization, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-01)Critical voices on urban management tend to portray conflicting governmentalities, with western 'top-down' municipal development models on the one hand, and the everyday practices and diffuse forms of power of the poor ... -
FLYKTNINGEKONVENSJONEN ARTIKKEL 1 C-F. Folkerettslig og komparativ studie av eksklusjons- og opphørsgrunnene
(Research report, Research report, 2006)Public faith in the asylum system is based, among other things, on whether authorities involved in the asylum process are able to distinguish ordinary refugees from asylum-seekers who have committed crimes against humanity ... -
Flyktninger: Libanons indre Fiende?
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'Follow the money!' Policies and practices in donor support to civil society formations in Southern Africa
(Research report, 2011-08-01)In 2007, the Southern Africa Trust commissioned a study on the trends and impacts of changing aid policies and shifting financial flows to civil society organisations in southern Africa. This new report provides an update ... -
Following the Money: do Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys matter?
(U4 Issue 2008:8, Research report, 2008-12-12)Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys, or PETS, are recognised as an effective tool to improve accountability in public finance and service delivery. A Ugandan success with PETS is one of the most cited anti‑corruption success ... -
Fondo anticorrupción en Nicaragua (FAC): Un caso exitoso?
(U4 Practice Insight 2009:4, Report, 2009-11-10)Este documento analiza los logros y los fallos del Fondo Anti-Corrupción (FAC), un programa de la cooperación internacional en Nicaragua, liderado por Noruega en implementación en sociedad con el gobierno nacional. El FAC, ... -
Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies among the Low Income Urban Households in Malawi
(Report, Research report, 1991)This paper highlights the main findings of a survey carried out amongst low income groups in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi's two major cities. The survey covered employment and incomes, expenditure patterns, food and ... -
Food Insecurity in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
(Report, 2020-07-01)Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had bargained for. Due to prolonged conflict, environmental deterioration ... -
Food securities and social conflict
(CMI Report R 2014:01, Research report, 2014-06-01)Following rising food prices violent ‘food riots’ took place in about 40 countries around the globe in 2007-2008. These developments have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food ...