• Corruption and doing business in Serbia 

      Devine, Vera (U4 Brief 2007:11, Report, 2007-10-09)
      Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been described as ‘the backbone' of the economy of the Western Balkans.Indeed, with SMEs making up 99% of Serbian companies, employing 53% of the working population, this is ...
    • From Paris to the anti-corruption project: Examining the feasibility of ownership 

      Devine, Vera; Trivunovic, Marijana; Mathisen, Harald (U4 Practice Insight 2010:1, Report, 2010-01-04)
      This Practice Insight summarises lessons learned from four case studies conducted to examine what bearing the notion of ownership has on anti-corruption interventions involving the private sector. By demonstrating how ...
    • Lessons learned from the evaluation of five Council of Europe projects 

      Devine, Vera (U4 Practice Insight 2011:2, Report, 2011-02-11)
      How successful are donor supported anti-corruption reforms? In this Practice Insight, the author takes a look at the evaluation of five large-scale technical assistance projects and gives an insight as to why we might not ...
    • NGOs and corruption in post-war reconstruction: The case of Bosnia's refugee return 

      Devine, Vera (U4 Practice Insight 2011:3, Report, 2011-02-15)
      In this Practice Insight, the author discusses post-war corruption challenges based on the reconstruction effort and return of refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It describes the dilemmas implementing NGOs were facing ...