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Benefits and drawbacks of per diems: Do allowances distort good governance in the health sector?
(U4 Brief 2009:29, Report, 2009-11-25)Per diems, or daily allowances, are an important mechanism for reimbursing work‑related expenses, encouraging participation in professional development activities, and motivating under‑paid employees. Yet, sometimes employees ... -
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 Fraud in International Aid Projects
(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 ... -
Countering NGO corruption: Rethinking the conventional approaches
(U4 Issue 2011:3, Research report, 2011-03-03)Donor agencies are increasingly vigilant for signs of corruption or other abuses in the projects and programmes they fund, no matter what aid modality is in question or who the implementer or recipient of the funds may be. ... -
Does aid work? Reflections on a natural resources programme in Tanzania
(U4 Issue 2009:2, Research report, 2009-03-30)A former programme officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania considers challenges to aid effectiveness in a major natural resources programme. After twelve years of support by the Norwegian government totalling about ... -
Embezzlement of Donor Funding in Health Projects
(U4 Brief 2008:11, Report, 2008-05-02)Donor funding has fuelled a vast increase in service delivery, medical research and clinical trials throughout the developing world. Yet, there is a dark side to this badly needed influx of funding: with pressures to spend ... -
Lessons learned from the evaluation of five Council of Europe projects
(U4 Practice Insight 2011:2, Report, 2011-02-11)How successful are donor supported anti-corruption reforms? In this Practice Insight, the author takes a look at the evaluation of five large-scale technical assistance projects and gives an insight as to why we might not ... -
Making Whistleblower Protection Work: Elements of an Effective Approach
(U4 Brief 2008:24, Report, 2008-12-15)Protection of whistleblowers – individuals who make a principled public interest disclosure of wrongdoing – is now broadly accepted as an essential tool for strengthening accountability and reducing corruption in the public ... -
Monitoring aid: Lessons from a natural resources programme in Tanzania
(U4 Practice Insight 2009:1, Report, 2009-07-01)This Practice Insight describes the Norwegian Embassy’s decision in 2006 to independently evaluate their long-term support to the Management of Natural Resources Programme in Tanzania. A review of several projects suggested ... -
NGOs and corruption in post-war reconstruction: The case of Bosnia's refugee return
(U4 Practice Insight 2011:3, Report, 2011-02-15)In this Practice Insight, the author discusses post-war corruption challenges based on the reconstruction effort and return of refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It describes the dilemmas implementing NGOs were facing ... -
Perceptions of per diems in the health sector: Evidence and implications
(U4 Issue 2011:6, Research report, 2011-07-01)This study details the perceived benefits, problems, and risks of abuse of per diems and allowances in developing countries. Drawing on 41 interviews with government and nongovernmental officials in Malawi and Uganda the ... -
Practitioners reflections: Making a difference in high corruption and weak governance country environments
(U4 Practice Insight 2011:1, Report, 2011-02-11)Donor agency officials working on development assistance programmes in highly corrupt and weak governance environments face the challenge of making a difference in citizens’ lives. At the same time, they have to manage the ... -
Understanding success and failure of anti-corruption initiatives
(U4 Brief 2011:2, Report, 2011-04-01)Most anti-corruption initiatives fail. This Brief sets out to understand why that is, and what might be done about it. Anti-corruption initiatives fail because of over-large “design-reality gaps”; that is, too great a ...