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When Supreme Audit Institutions engage with civil society: Exploring lessons from the Latin American Transparency Participation and Accountability Initiative
(U4 Practice Insight 2013:5, Report, 2013-12-17)The Transparency, Participation and Accountability Initiative illustrates emerging partnerships between audit institutions and citizens, and highlights the benefits and challenges of a cooperative approach for engaging ... -
Whistleblowing in the financial industry: The right means to curb illicit flows from developing countries?
(U4 Brief 2011:1, Report, 2011-03-25)Information provided by insiders can contribute to the goal of reducing illicit capital flight from developing countries. It helps address one of the most difficult aspects in investigating such flows (the secrecy of the ... -
Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire
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Why collect local taxes in oil rich Angola? ... and the challenges of doing so
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 13, Report, 2011-06-03)An effective tax system is required to implement and finance current government policies of diversifying the Angolan economy and providing quality public services to citizens across the country. Extending the reach and ... -
Why hungry Guatemalans don't claim their food rights in court
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 13, Report, 2011-10-28)Guatemala suffers from high levels of undernourishment and malnutrition despite a strong political commitment to the right to food. Yet, there is an absence of food rights litigation. This brief explores why and suggests ... -
Why is corruption risk management so hard? Assessing current practices in development aid
(U4 Brief 2016:1, Report, 2016-05-01)www.u4.no Development agencies, by definition, must engage with corruption risk. Working in settings where corruption is engrained in governance and accountability mechanisms are weak or repressed, it is impossible to ... -
Why Should Donors Care about Corruption?
(CMI Brief vol. 7 no. 1, Report, 2008-01-09)Corruption is bad for donor business. Corruption reduces popular support for aid in donor countries. However, aid agencies should pay attention to corruption because it is the right thing to do, rather than just the smart ... -
Why, when and how to use the Global Corruption Barometer
(U4 Brief 2012:5, Report, 2012-07-23)Data from Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) is useful for diagnosing corruption. Development practitioners can in particular benefit from the tool at the early identification and formulation ... -
Winning hearts and minds: Chinese Soft Power Foreign Policy in Africa
(CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 3, Report, 2013-09-30)In President Xi Jinping’s first public speech on African soil after taking office in Tanzania 25 March 2013, his reference to a popular Chinese soap opera drew large applause and laughter: “The foundation and lifeline of ... -
Women in Local Government. A Potential Arena for Women’s Substantive Representation
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 13, Report, 2016-08-01)Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. Advocates of decentralisation argue that it opens up avenues for women to ... -
Women Judges in Afghanistan: An Interview with Anisa Rasooli
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Women’s informal peace efforts: Grassroots activism in South Sudan
(CMI Brief no. 2018:07, Report, 2018-12-01)South Sudanese women have been grossly under-represented in formal peace negotiations. However, they have been active in informal peacebuilding at the local level where peace means rebuilding society. Such informal ... -
Women’s informal peacebuilding in North East Nigeria
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Women’s Right to Abortion after Rape in Sudan
(CMI Insight 2015:2, Report, 2015-04-01)In 1991, Sudan’s Islamist regime expanded the circumstances under which abortions are permitted within 90 days of conception, to include rape. This reform has received great attention, especially given the rampant rape ... -
Women’s status in Haiti ten years after the earthquake
(CMI Brief no. 2020:07, Report, 2020-06-01)Ten years ago, on January 12, at 16:53 in the afternoon, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. The country was left in shambles. So was the women’s movement. Three of its most prominent leaders lost their lives ... -
Zambia’s looming debt crisis – is China to blame?
(CMI Insight 2019:01, Report, 2019-06-01)Is China pressuring poor countries with debt? Debt trap diplomacy is a recent term that is used to describe Chinese loans for infrastructure and development in developing countries. Zambia is one of the countries where ... -
Zimbabwe's multilayered crisis
(CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 3, Report, 2010-06-21)Once a vibrant and dynamic society, Zimbabwe has since the turn of the millennium gone through a complex multilayered and pervasive series of catastrophes. Political instability, lawlessness, misgovernment and a relentless ... -
Гуманитаризм: обзор. (Humanitarianism: an overview)
(CMI Insight 2021:6, Report, 2021-06-01)Гуманитарная помощь начала распространяться по всему миру примерно с середины ХIХ века. В наши же дни она уже превратилась во что-то глобально-спасительное, в то, что скрывается в понятии «гуманитаризм». В ... -
Гуманитарная дипломатия
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Запуск ефективного антикорупційного суду: висновки з досвіду України
(U4 Practice Insight 2021:2, Report, 2021-09-01)Вищий антикорупційний суд в України було створено у відповідь на наполегливу вимогу громадськості притягати державних службовців і суддів до відповідальності за корупцію. Втім, для забезпечення функціонування суду потрібно ...