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The Idea of a Clean and Efficient War Is a Dangerous Lie
(Others, 2022-04-01)There is dominant propaganda that seems to suggest war can be conducted according to a set of acceptable, standardized, and abstract rules. It can't. Originally published in Common Dreams. Republished in Focaal Blog, ... -
Forms of Humanitarian Diplomacy
(Research report, 2022-04-01)Humanitarian emergencies continue to proliferate globally. Mostly driven by conflicts – but also natural hazards, climate change, famine, and epidemics – these emergencies exacerbate existing social vulnerabilities ... -
Modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
(BMJ Open vol. 12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-01)Objective To assess the prevalence, magnitude and factors associated with the number of major modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Design Community-based cross-sectional study. Setting ... -
From spaces of containment to spaces of conversion
(Research report, 2022-04-01)In recent years, there has been extensive literature on the question of camps of all kinds, and the ways that the logic of encampment is spreading to other sites. Indeed, as more and more refugees settle in cities where ... -
Assessment of environmental contamination with soil-transmitted helminths life stages at school compounds, households and open markets in Jimma Town, Ethiopia
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis . vol. 16 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-01)Background It remains largely unknown where and how infections with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris , Trichuris , Necator and Ancylostoma ) occur. We therefore aimed to identify possible sources ... -
Tuning in to the politics of (anti-)corruption: astute interventions and deeper accountability
(U4 Issue 2022:3, Research report, 2022-03-01)Corruption becomes politicised when the spoils of corruption are used by politicians to maintain and extend their hold on power. Anti-corruption initiatives can also be politicised, meaning they face being weaponised or ... -
Angola: Religion and repression
(CMI Working Paper WP 2022:1, Working paper, 2022-03-01)The history of religious repression in Angola stands in sharp contrast to the official representations of religious tolerance. The regime keeps religion under government control, through formal and informal methods, and ... -
Custos e consequências das Dívidas Ocultas para Moçambique
(Research report, 2021-06-01)Portuguese version of "Costs and consequences of the hidden debt scandal in Mozambique", publication CMI & CIP: Em 2013, banqueiros europeus, empresários baseados no Médio Oriente, políticos e altos funcionários ... -
Recent trends in the international humanitarian regime and the rise of the UAE
(Research report, 2022-03-01)The United Arab Emirates is an Arab Gulf state that has received growing attention as one of the 21st century’s most generous humanitarian aid donors in the world. The young gulf monarchy, like the other fellow members ... -
Enrolling the local: Community-based anti-corruption efforts and institutional capture
(Report, 2021-02-01)This Brief examines community-based anti-corruption efforts in natural resource management in order to better understand their rationales, potentialities, and challenges—especially complications posed by the intersection ... -
UNCAC in a nutshell 2021. A quick guide to the United Nations Convention against Corruption for donor agency and embassy staff
(Others, 2021-12-01)Embassies and bilateral donor staff can use The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) to engage partner governments around technical support provisions. It can also help facilitate a transparent and inclusive review ... -
Weak links: How corruption affects the quality and integrity of medical products and impacts on the Covid-19 response
(U4 Issue 2021:15, Research report, 2021-12-01)Corruption is involved in poor medical product quality in five important areas: manufacturing and distribution, regulation, procurement, high-level governance, and the health workforce. Existing corruption pressures impact ... -
Multistakeholder partnerships as agents of integrity
(U4 Issue 2021:14, Research report, 2021-11-01)Combining the strengths of the private sector, public sector, and civil society, multistakeholder partnerships can be more than the sum of their parts. We examine the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network, the Infrastructure ... -
Everyday Migrant Accompaniment: Humanitarian Border Diplomacy
(The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-01)This article advances the notion of humanitarian border diplomacy, contributing to current academic discussions on humanitarian diplomacy and on the practice-theory nexus by conceptualising NGO s’ migrant accompaniment ... -
Zambia’s anti-corruption regime 2001–2021 in the renewable energy sector. A legal and political economy analysis
(U4 Issue 2022:3, Research report, 2022-01-01)In the Zambian context anti-corruption initiatives depend upon the political will and disposition of the president. For an anti-corruption order to be established, especially in the renewable energy sector, structural ... -
Cooperation with Chinese actors on anti-corruption: Environmental governance as a pilot area
(U4 Issue 2022:2, Research report, 2022-01-01)Engagement with Chinese actors on anti-corruption is possible but depends on trust-building efforts and suitable windows of opportunity. Environmental governance is the field where the overlap between Chinese and Western ... -
UN Resolution 16/18 and the Istanbul Process: What has been achieved? A charting of blasphemy trends in Pakistan and Indonesia.
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Western and Chinese Development Engagements in Uganda's Roads Sector: An Implicit Division of Labour
(African Affairs vol. 00 no. 00, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-01)How has the process of institution and governance building in Africa, a domain traditionally subject to western development interventions, been changed by Chinese-led development? Taking Uganda’s roads sector, and ... -
Cabinda separatism and human rights violations
(A report on secessionist movements in Africa and human rights violations, Chapter, 2022-01-01)Various separatist movements have been active in the Cabinda enclave in northern Angola since independence. Today, armed resistance seems to be replaced by an upsurge in non-violent protests, at the same time as violent ... -
Albania’s Special Courts against Corruption and Organised Crime
(U4 Brief 2022:1, Report, 2022-01-01)The Special Courts against Corruption were established following a comprehensive reform of the Albanian Constitution in 2016. The most unusual feature of these specialised courts is a review mechanism, not yet operational, ...
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