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Lobbying: the preconditions of an anti-corruption promise
(U4 Issue 2017:8, Research report, 2017-07-01)Can lobbying be a realistic and legitimate alternative to corruption in less developed countries? This paper addresses this question by: (1) delineating the differences and similarities between lobbying and corruption; (2) ... -
Local Content in Tanzania’s Gas and Minerals Sectors: Who regulates?
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 6, Report, 2017-09-01)The implementation of Tanzania’s local content policy for the petroleum and mineral sectors has been hampered by inconsistency, confusion, and un-coordinated donor interventions. There is a need to replace overlapping ... -
Local content in the Tanzanian mining sector
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 3, Report, 2016-03-01)This brief examines the factors that have influenced local content in the Tanzanian mining sector, and some of the challenges and successes of local content initiatives in mining. Local content has gradually gained momentum ... -
Local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania: A thorny road from inception to implementation?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:6, Working paper, 2016-08-01)Abstract Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop local content policies (LCPs) to increase job and business opportunities for nationals in the sector. We ... -
Local government finances and financial management in Tanzania. Empirical evidence of trends 2000-2007
(Special paper 10/2, Research report, 2010-11-15)The paper examines local government capacity with respect to financial management and revenue enhancement, and analyses trends in financial accountability and efficiency for the period 2000–2006/07. The study covers six ... -
Local government revenue mobilisation in Anglophone Africa
(Others, 2013-01-01)Many local governments in Africa have inadequate resources to deliver the services for which they are responsible. This paper examines opportunities and constraints to improving local revenue mobilisation by urban councils ... -
Local government revenue mobilisation in Anglophone Africa
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:6, Working paper, 2012-10-03)This paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilization in Anglophone Africa with an emphasis on urban settings. Specific revenue instruments and their effects on economic efficiency, income ... -
Local government taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review and an agenda for research
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:2, Working paper, 2014-03-01)This paper reviews the state of knowledge on local government revenue systems in Africa, with a particular focus on commonalties and differences between Francophone and Anglophone countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ... -
Local Perceptions and Experiences of Smuggling and Human Trafficking in Sudan. The case of North Darfur and Northern State of Sudan
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2024:1, Working paper, 2024-06-01)Abstract This study aims to investigate local perceptions about human trafficking in Sudan among migrants who want to travel to Libyan and Europe. The study falls within the domain of qualitative research, with primary ... -
Local revenue mobilization in urban settings
(Conference object, 2005-01-01)Paper presented at the Workshop on Local Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Africa, African Development Bank, Tunis, 21-24 June 2005 -
Long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic resource mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa
(CMI Brief no. 2021: 4, Report, 2021-08-01)Since late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading globally. The pandemic has affected all aspects of global society and has caused specific challenges for both the government and private sectors in most countries. ... -
Lost in Translation. Understanding the Nuba as a Movement Between Epistemic Territories – between difference and sameness, between contingency and continuity
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:2, Working paper, 2015-03-19)The paper is a broad discussion focusing on the Nuba people of the Sudan. The starting point for the reflections is the issue of “translation” in which the author argues for a continued focus on epistemological work to ... -
Love in Law – The Indian Supreme Court decides in favour of LGBT persons
(CMI Brief no. 2018:06, Report, 2018-11-01)On 6 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a 493-pages-long verdict on LGBT rights and love. “Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India” is arguably one of the most progressive and comprehensive verdicts that the ... -
L’expérience de la guerre: Le projet WARFUN
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Macro-Economic Convergence Policy in the Southern African Development Community: Prospects and Challenges
(Proceedings of the 2006 FOPRISA Annual Conference, Chapter, 2007-12-10)In the last two decades, the subject of regional integration has featured prominently in the agenda of (and policy research on) most developing countries. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is one of the ... -
Maestros y taxis: Corrupción en el sector educación de Honduras
(U4 Brief 2009:10, Report, 2009-07-14)"… Maestros fantasma? ¿Has escuchado hablar de los maestros taxi? Nosotros los tenemos. Tienen empleos múltiples y están constantemente tomando taxis para estar presente en todos lados, a expensas, por supuesto, de los ... -
Magic City, Value City: The moral geography of Suva Fiji
(Cogent Social Sciences vol. 9 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-01)Fiji has had a turbulent political history of successive coups that have caused the nation to oscillate between the pursuit of ethnic nationalism and civic nationalism. Since the final coup in 2006, Fiji has suppressed ... -
Mainstreaming anti-corruption initiatives: Development of a water sector strategy in Mozambique
(U4 Practice Insight 2014:2, Report, 2014-12-10)Sector approaches to combating corruption have gained momentum in recent years, yet the strategic prioritization of sector anti-corruption initiatives is still the exception. The National Water Directorate in Mozambique ... -
Mainstreaming anti-corruption into sectors: Practices in U4 partner agencies
(U4 Brief 2014:3, Report, 2014-02-11)Integrating anti-corruption measures into sector work – known as mainstreaming – receives increased attention from the development community. The benefits of mainstreaming are to consider sector characteristics, produce ... -
Maintaining Development Momentum or Just Providing Aid?
(Analysis No. 261, Research report, 2014-07-01)Afghanistan is again preparing for change. Most international forces are about to leave the country by end of 2014, Afghans expects to have a new President over the summer and there are signals of a major reduction in ...