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The cost of doing politics in Ireland: What does violence against politicians look like and how is it gendered?
(CMI Brief no. 2023:6, Report, 2023-11-01)Women who contest election in Ireland report experiencing political violence more often than men, experience different forms more frequently (specifically, degrading talk and false rumours), and are more likely to experience ... -
The Egyptian military in politics and the economy: Recent history and current transition status
(CMI Insight 2013:2, Report, 2013-10-24)The Egyptian military has been playing a decisive role in national politics since the eruption of the 2011 uprisings. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) governed the country from February 2011 until June 2012. They ... -
The eternal conflict: Land, peasants, and the military in Mexico
(CMI Insight 2015:3, Report, 2015-05-01)Land has always been an important site of struggle in Mexico, often bringing peasant movements and peasant communities into conflicts with the Mexican military. This CMI Insight focuses on the key conflict dimensions since ... -
The extractive industries transparency initiative: Impact, effectiveness, and where next for expanding natural resource governance?
(U4 Brief 2014:6, Report, 2014-05-14)The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme in 2003 and continuing with the Global Witness/Publish ... -
The Financial Action Task Force: An introduction
(U4 Brief 2015:5, Report, 2015-01-01)The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a Paris-based intergovernmental organization that was founded with the objective of promoting effective implementation of laws, regulations, and other measures for combating money ... -
The Gatekeepers: Political Participation of Women in Malawi
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 12, Report, 2016-08-01)All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of the chairpersons and secretaries of the political parties in Malawi, and their role as ... -
The Gender Machinery Women in Malawi’s Central Government Administration
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 11, Report, 2016-06-01)Malawi has its version of a ‘national gender machinery’, like many other countries, established to break the barriers against women representation in politics and to promote women interests. However, the way in which this ... -
The gendered impact of corruption: Who suffers more? men or women?
(U4 Brief 2015:9, Report, 2015-01-01)What supports the claim that corruption causes more suffering for women than men? By distinguishing between indirect victimisation and direct victimisation, it is reasonable to assume women suffer more, and differently, ... -
The global participation backlash: Implications for natural resource initiatives
(U4 Brief 2017:4, Report, 2017-06-01)Civil society organizations can help to ensure good governance over natural resources as members of global multi-stakeholder initiatives like the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Yet a good number of resource-rich ... -
The Impact of Information and Accountability on Hospital Procurement Corruption in Argentina and Bolivia
(U4 Brief 2008:7, Report, 2008-05-02)Argentina and Bolivia have both attempted to curb corruption in procurement of hospital supplies. With varying degrees of success, their experiences tell a lesson: unless there are consequences attached to identified ... -
The Indonesian Court for Corruption Crimes: Circumventing judicial impropriety?
(U4 Brief 2013:5, Report, 2013-09-23)The anti-corruption world has witnessed increasing institutional specialisation, including the emergence of anti-corruption courts. Indonesia’s Special Court for Corruption Crimes in Jakarta gained prominence for a nearly ... -
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 New Deal as an anti-corruption tool? Don't blame the policy, work with it
(U4 Brief 2015:8, Report, 2015-01-01)Full text on mobile or tablet The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States provides a framework in which donors and host countries establish shared priorities for reducing fragility, with fragile states themselves ... -
The non-oil tax reform in Angola: On track or losing momentum?
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 2, Report, 2014-02-18)Since 2010, Angola has been implementing a tax reform aiming to increase non-oil tax revenues. This brief addresses main achievements of the reform since mid-2012 on administrative and legislative issues. Does the reform ... -
The paradox of federalism and decentralisation in South Sudan: An instrument and an obstacle for peace
(Report, 2019-09-01)A power sharing agreement and the inauguration of a new government in South Sudan has been put to a halt. Disagreement on the number of states and local self-government, security issues and the unifying of a national army ... -
The Paradox of Representation in Sudan: Muslim Women's Diverging Agendas
(CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 1, Report, 2010-02-24)The international discourse on gender and peacebuilding presupposes a common agenda among all women across religion, ethnicity and class in any given post-confl ict situation. This brief challenges this position by exploring ... -
The Parliament of Bangladesh. Challenges and Way Forward
(CPD-CMI Brief no. 1, Report, 2012-04-13)In the forty years since independence Bangladesh has rotated between electoral democracy and military rule, and between parliamentary and presidential system of government. The frequent systemic changes have hindered the ... -
The perfect enemy: From migrants to sexual minorities
(CMI Brief no. 2019:05, Report, 2019-05-01)Why did Poland´s conservative government, the Law and Justice Party, launch an attack on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT) as part of their 2019 European Parliamentary elections campaign? The ... -
The Power of Data: Enhancing Transparency in the Education Sector in Sierra Leone
(U4 Brief 2008:22, Report, 2008-08-08)The best defence against malfeasance are reliable facts and figures. An effectively functioning Education Management Information System can highlight malpractices related to anything from local record keeping, teacher ... -
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. ...