Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Subject "Evaluation Measurement"
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Bespoke monitoring and evaluation of anti-corruption agencies
(U4 Brief 2017:4, Report, 2017-05-01)Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) are often considered a last resort against corruption and are expected to solve a problem that other institutions have failed to address effectively or may even be part of. When national ... -
Corruption in community-driven development. A Kenyan case study with insights from Indonesia
(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 indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks for budget support
(U4 Issue 2012:1, Research report, 2012-03-01)Corruption indicators have been used in budget support Performance Assessment Frameworks (PAFs) for a variety of purposes, including to control for misappropriation of funds, assess Government performance on fighting ... -
Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of governance and anti-corruption activities
(U4 Issue 2014:10, Research report, 2014-01-01)Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis methods are currently underutilised in evaluations of governance and anti-corruption reforms in developing countries. This limits opportunities to inform policy and may lead to ... -
Mapping evidence gaps in anti-corruption: Assessing the state of the operationally relevant evidence on donors' actions and approaches to reducing corruption
(U4 Issue 2012:7, Research report, 2012-11-15)This paper charts the current evidence on effectiveness of different anti-corruption reforms, and identifies significant evidence gaps. Despite a substantial amount of literature on corruption, this review found very few ... -
Methods for learning what works and why in anti-corruption: An introduction to evaluation methods for practitioners
(U4 Issue 2013:8, Research report, 2013-08-01)Evaluations of donor-funded anti-corruption reforms and programmes would benefit from upgrading and diversifying the methods used to document effects. Better evaluations in turn would improve the evidence base for the ... -
The Kinship in Public Office indicator: Kin connectivity as a proxy for nepotism in the public sector
(U4 Brief 2014:12, Report, 2014-12-10)Measuring nepotism in the public sector is challenging because of its elusive nature. This brief reviews methodologies developed to measure the extent of family connections in the public sector and introduces an innovative ... -
The Proxy Challenge: Why bespoke proxy indicators can help solve the anti-corruption measurement problem
(U4 Brief 2013:2, Report, 2013-07-30)Practitioners working in anti-corruption face perennial challenges in measuring changes in corruption levels and evaluating whether anti-corruption efforts are successful. These two challenges are linked but not inseparable. ... -
The revolving door Indicator: Estimating the distortionary power of the revolving door
(U4 Brief 2014:10, Report, 2014-12-10)When people move between positions as regulator or legislators and private companies within the same sector this can lead to conflicts of interest, regulatory capture, and economic distortions. Such practices are called ... -
Theories of change in anti-corruption work: A tool for programme design and evaluation
(U4 Issue 2012:6, Research report, 2012-11-22)Governments and donor agencies are under increasing pressure to show hard evidence that their interventions are effective and good value for money. Anti-corruption is a challenging field in this regard, with few evidence-based ...