• Support to political parties 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2007-11-28)
      Norwegian Centre for Democracy support arranged the seminar "Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies" with Dr. Thomas Carothers (Vice President for Studies of International Politics and ...
    • The uses and abuses of social programmes: the case of conditional cash transfers 

      Alcázar, Lorena (U4 Brief 2010 No 3, Report, 2010-07-19)
      Social programmes have been increasingly used by developing countries to fight poverty and have attracted growing budgets. However, it has been empirically shown that there is a weak correlation between social spending and ...
    • Tuning in to the politics of (anti-)corruption: astute interventions and deeper accountability 

      Jackson, David; Amundsen, Inge (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 ...
    • Unpacking the concept of political will to confront corruption 

      Brinkerhoff, Derick W. (U4 Brief 2010:1, Report, 2010-05-14)
      Quite often, "lack of political will" is identified as the culprit for poorly performing anti-corruption programmes. Yet despite the frequency with which it is used to explain unsatisfactory reform outcomes, political will ...