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Feminist policy in Ukraine’s recovery and post-conflict reconstruction: A gender perspective in anti-corruption efforts
(U4 Report 2023:3, Research report, 2023-12-01)The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda provides an opportunity to integrate gender perspectives into anti-corruption strategies and ensure that women’s and underrepresented groups’ have a role in decision-making ... -
Fertility, household’s size and poverty in Nepal
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:4, Working paper, 2014-06-01)Population control policies keep on attracting a lot of attention. The main argument in favour of a reduction in fertility rates, is that having more children contributes directly to a household’s poverty. Using the last ... -
Fifty years since the military coup: Taking stock of Brazilian democracy
(CMI Insight 2014:8, Report, 2014-09-04)In 1964, a military dictatorship that would last for 21 years was installed in Brazil. After a relatively smooth transition to democracy in 1985, Brazil is today considered one of the emerging powers in the world. This CMI ... -
Fighting Corruption to Overcome the Resource Curse
(Others, 2015-08-01)Presentation at a one-day conference for 17 members of Nigeria's Supreme Court, visiting Norway by invitation of the Africa Center for Information and Development ( ACID ). -
Fighting fiscal corruption: Lessons from the Tanzania Revenue Authority
(Public Administration and Development vol. 23 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003-01-01)Over the last decade several African countries have undertaken comprehensive reforms of their tax administration to increase revenue and curb corruption. This paper examines recent experiences in the fight against corruption ... -
Fighting for Prosperity: Reflections on the Crisis and Politics of Poverty in Bolivia
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Financial intermediaries – Anti-money laundering allies in cash-based societies?
(U4 Issue 2015:10, Research report, 2015-01-01)Many informal cash-based economies run parallel financial systems that are very different to the Western banking concept. Such countries are perceived to have a high risk of money laundering. Looking at Afghanistan, Somalia, ... -
Financing education in Afghanistan: Opportunities for action
(Research report, 2015-01-01)The Afghan Ministry of Education estimates that there are presently 8.35 million students (39% of which are girls) in primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary government schools, including Islamic schooling, out of a ... -
'Fiscal corruption: a vice or virtue': a reply
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Fiscal corruption: A vice or virtue?
(World Development vol. 31 no. 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003-01-01)Recent literature on tax administration in poor countries suggests there are virtues of allowing fiscal corruption. By strengthening the bargaining power of corrupt tax officers, it is argued that tax evasion may be reduced ... -
Fiscal Decentralisation and Corruption - A Brief Overview of the Issues
(U4 Issue 2006:3, Research report, 2006-01-01)A frequently used argument for fiscal decentralisation is that it increases accountability in the spending and raising of public funds, by moving government closer to the people. At the same time, there are concerns that ... -
Fiscal decentralisation in developing countries: Lessons for Bangladesh
(CMI Brief vol. 13 no. 2, Report, 2014-04-23)There is an ongoing debate in Bangladesh in civil society and among policymakers, whether the country should move from a highly centralised unitary state to a more devolved entity. Demand for more decentralisation of ... -
Fishers, Monks and Cadres: Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam, co-published by NIAS Press and the University of Hawai'i Press (North American Paperback Edition March 2021)
(Book, 2020-09-01)This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities as well as their farmer neighbors - even ... -
"Flooding our eyes with rubbish": urban waste management in Maputo, Mozambique
(Environment and Urbanization, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-01)Critical voices on urban management tend to portray conflicting governmentalities, with western 'top-down' municipal development models on the one hand, and the everyday practices and diffuse forms of power of the poor ... -
Flyktninger: Libanons indre Fiende?
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'Follow the money!' Policies and practices in donor support to civil society formations in Southern Africa
(Research report, 2011-08-01)In 2007, the Southern Africa Trust commissioned a study on the trends and impacts of changing aid policies and shifting financial flows to civil society organisations in southern Africa. This new report provides an update ... -
Following the Money: do Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys matter?
(U4 Issue 2008:8, Research report, 2008-12-12)Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys, or PETS, are recognised as an effective tool to improve accountability in public finance and service delivery. A Ugandan success with PETS is one of the most cited anti‑corruption success ... -
Fondo anticorrupción en Nicaragua (FAC): Un caso exitoso?
(U4 Practice Insight 2009:4, Report, 2009-11-10)Este documento analiza los logros y los fallos del Fondo Anti-Corrupción (FAC), un programa de la cooperación internacional en Nicaragua, liderado por Noruega en implementación en sociedad con el gobierno nacional. El FAC, ... -
Food Insecurity in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
(Report, 2020-07-01)Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had bargained for. Due to prolonged conflict, environmental deterioration ... -
Food securities and social conflict
(CMI Report R 2014:01, Research report, 2014-06-01)Following rising food prices violent ‘food riots’ took place in about 40 countries around the globe in 2007-2008. These developments have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food ...