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    • Corruption in the Health Sector 

      Nordberg, Carin; Vian, Taryn (U4 Issue 2008:10, Research report, 2008-12-01)
      This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges of corruption in the health sector. The text is originally ...
    • Corruption in the Health Sector 

      Norberg, Carin; Vian, Taryn (U4 Issue 2006:1, Research report, 2006-01-01)
      This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges of corruption in the health sector. The text is originally ...
    • Corruption indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks for budget support 

      Rao, Sumedh; Marquette, Heather (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 ...
    • Corruption risks in the criminal justice chain and tools for assessment 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon; Jennett, Victoria; Messick, Richard E.; Albanese, Jay S.; Gramckow, Heike; Hill, Gary (U4 Issue 2015:6, Research report, 2015-05-06)
      This U4 issue paper provides policymakers in developing nations, their citizens, and U4’s partners in the donor community with an overview of where corruption is most likely to arise in the investigation, prosecution, ...
    • Corruption. A review of Contemporary Research 

      Andvig, Jens Chr.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Amundsen, Inge; Sissener, Tone; Søreide, Tina (Research report, Research report, 2001)
      During the last decade corruption has become a topical issue in the international development policy debate. Research on corruption has also expanded rapidly, taking many different directions both within and across ...
    • Corruption: A selected and annotated bibliography 

      Amundsen, Inge; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (Commissioned Report, Research report, 2000-01-01)
    • Cost-Benefit Analysis, Discounting, and the Environmental Critique: Overloading of the Discount Rate? 

      Angelsen, Arild (Report, Research report, 1991)
      The use of (high) discount rates in cost-benefit analysis is being criticized in the environmental debate. In particular, some feel that high future environmental costs do not get a fair hearing in a project appraisal due ...
    • Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of governance and anti-corruption activities 

      Johnsøn, Jesper (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 ...
    • Costs and consequences of the hidden debt scandal of Mozambique 

      Cortez, Edson; Orre, Aslak; Fael, Baltazar; Nhamirre, Borges; Banze, Celeste; Mapisse, Inocência; Harnack, Kim; Reite, Torun (Research report, 2021-05-01)
      In 2013, bankers in Europe, businesspeople based in the Middle East, and senior politicians and public servants in Mozambique conspired to organise a USD 2 billion loan to Mozambique – an incredible 12% of GDP of one ...
    • Countering NGO corruption: Rethinking the conventional approaches 

      Trivunovic, Marijana (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. ...
    • Country Evaluation Brief: Afghanistan 

      Strand, Arne; Suhrke, Astri; Taxell, Nils (Country Evaluation Briefs 7, Research report, 2016-11-01)
      Since 2001, Western political and military interests have largely defined the nature and magnitude of aid flows. Conventional criteria for development assistance (notably absorptive capacity and credible conditionality) ...
    • Country Evaluation Brief: Malawi 

      Amundsen, Inge (Country Evaluation Brief 4/2017, Research report, 2017-06-01)
      Malawi is one of the world's least developed countries, with a poverty rate that is consistently high compared to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa and declining at a slower pace. The evaluations and reviews of aid ...
    • Country Evaluation Brief: Mozambique 

      Tvedten, Inge; Orre, Aslak (Country Evaluation Briefs 8, Research report, 2016-11-01)
      FORTY YEARS of Official Development Assistance has contributed to high macroeconomic growth, the development of key national institutions and partial successes in the social sectors, but has failed to contribute to poverty ...
    • Country Evaluation Brief: Palestine 

      Knudsen, Are John; Tartir, Alaa (Country Evaluation Brief 5/2017, Research report, 2017-01-01)
      The Occupied Palestinian Territories is one of the world’s most aid-dependent countries. Despite overall levels of aid falling since 2009, the Territories remain one of the world’s largest per capita recipients of foreign ...
    • Country Evaluation Brief: Somalia 

      Manuel, Marcus; Faure, Raphaelle; Mansour-Ille, Dina (Norad Country Evaluation Briefs 3/2017, Research report, 2017-06-01)
      Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries having suffered from decades of acute political fragility, instability, violent conflict and lack of development. It is also ranked as the most corrupt country by Transparency ...
    • Country Evaluation Brief: South Sudan 

      Sørbø, Gunnar M.; Schomerus, Mareike; Aalen, Lovise (Country Evaluation Briefs 6, Research report, 2016-11-01)
      While the international community is primarily concerned with trying to restore stability and providing protection and relief to an increasing number of people in South Sudan, evaluations of past development interventions ...
    • Criteria for general budget support and general sector support. Report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (Research report, Research report, 1998)
      This report assesses a set of criteria for providing development aid in the form of general budget support and sector support. The criteria are suggested by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relate to good ...
    • Cuán preparados estamos para evaluar la real implementación de las convenciones anticorrupción? Lecciones desde las Américas 

      Peñailillo, Miguel (U4 Issue 2009:5, Research report, 2009-05-26)
      La Convención de las Naciones Unidas Contra la Corrupción (CNUCC) es el más reciente y significativo logro en una serie de tratados internacionales que buscan combatir la corrupción. Todas estas convenciones anticorrupción ...
    • Cultural cooperation with Nepal 

      Lange, Siri; Shrestha, Era; Korvald, Tordis (Research report, Research report, 2009)
      This report is a mid-term review of Norway’s support to the cultural sector in Nepal. Norwegian support has focused on the following areas: theatre production, music education, institutional capacity building, and documentation ...
    • Custos e consequências das Dívidas Ocultas para Moçambique 

      Cortês, Edson; Orre, Aslak; al, et. (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 ...