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Anti-corruption Measures as Political Criteria for EU Accession: Lessons from the Bulgarian Experience
(U4 Brief 2008:5, Report, 2008-02-20)The issue of corruption featured high on the agenda of the two latest enlargements of the European Union, in particular with respect to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, in 2007. There were few assistance programmes ... -
Bons et mauvais usages des programmes sociaux : le cas des transferts monétaires conditionnels
(U4 Brief 2011:16, Report, 2011-12-07)Les programmes de transferts monétaires conditionnels sont présentés dans le secteur social comme la meilleure méthode de lutte contre la pauvreté. L’autonomie et le pouvoir discrétionnaire les rendent toutefois vulnérables ... -
Building anti-corruption resilience to combat entrenched corruption systems
(U4 Issue 2022:17, Research report, 2022-12-01)Anti-corruption efforts often assume that instances of corruption found in sectors are separate and unconnected, but sometimes they can be part of corruption systems. More resilient anti-corruption efforts are needed to ... -
Clarifier le concept de volonté politique pour lutter contre la corruption
(U4 Brief 2011:5, Report, 2011-08-01)L’ “absence de volonté politique” est souvent incriminée lorsque les programmes de lutte contre la corruption n’apportent pas les résultats escomptés. Cependant, malgré la fréquence avec laquelle on s’en sert pour justifier ... -
Grabbing an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda
(Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges, Chapter, 2014-03-01)Elections are an integral part of representative democracies. Well functioning elections contribute to democratic accountability and democratic institutions, which in turn contributes to economic and human development too ... -
In pursuit of policy influence: Can lobbying be a legitimate alternative to corruption in developing countries?
(U4 Brief 2009:1, Report, 2009-01-20)This Brief reviews recent research on transition countries which suggests, conceptually and empirically, that lobbying is not only more prevalent in non–developed countries than currently thought, but can be more effective ... -
Income and assets declarations: Issues to consider in developing a disclosure regime
(U4 Issue 2009:6, Research report, 2009-07-15)The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) requires state parties to consider establishing policies requiring officials to reveal “to appropriate authorities … their outside activities, employment, investments, ... -
International Assistance for Political Party Development
(U4 Issue 2008:1, Research report, 2008-04-21)Political party assistance should be a key component of international donors' governance agenda. Efforts to reduce corruption that do not address this domain will be incomplete, as they leave out actors essential to political ... -
Investigate without peril: How to support investigative journalism in East Africa?
(U4 Brief 2011:9, Report, 2011-09-01)Investigative journalism distinguishes itself from regular journalism by its depth and subject matter, often involving crime, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing. It can play an essential role in a country’s ... -
Making hay while the sun shines: Experiences with the Zambian Task Force on corruption
(U4 Practice Insight 2011:4, Report, 2011-06-28)In 2002 the Government of Zambia established an intragovernmental task force to investigate allegations of corruption against former President Frederick Chiluba and his inner circle. The task force was mandated to prosecute ... -
"Milking the system": Fighting the abuse of public resources for re-election
(U4 Issue 2011:7, Research report, 2011-08-01)Abuse of state resources for re-election damages democracy creating an unlevel playing field that improves re-election chances of incumbents and negatively influencing the quality of government, since diversion of resources ... -
Money in politics: Transparency in action
(U4 Brief 2007:10, Report, 2007-09-27)Fostering disclosure of political finance information regarding public as well as private funds is key to address money's undue influence over democratic processes. However, aid donors are still reluctant to engage in what ... -
Political Corruption
(U4 Issue 2006:6, Research report, 2006-01-01)Political corruption undermines political and economic development in many countries, and raises difficult challenges for foreign aid. What is political corruption? What are the main mechanisms? What can donors do when ... -
Political Corruption in the Middle East. Authoritarianism and Wasta in a Global Perspective
(Conference object, 2019-01-01)Presentation at the conference Governance, Security, and Asymmetrical Warfare in Central Asia and the Middle East , University of Australia, Canberra. -
Political Finance: State Control and Civil Society Monitoring
(U4 Brief 2008:12, Report, 2008-04-23)Modern politics face the challenge of reconciling the presence of money in politics with the risks it poses to democratic values and good governance. This U4 Brief describes the nature of common risks and challenges, and ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part one: Mapping corruption risks in oil sector governance
(U4 Brief 2009:2, Report, 2009-02-11)Oil dominates the Nigerian economy and generates the vast majority of government revenues. At the same time, Nigeria is perceived as one of the world's most corrupt countries, and significant levels of corruption are said ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part two: Progress and prospects
(U4 Brief 2009:6, Report, 2009-04-30)In Nigeria, as elsewhere, corrupt practices impair oil sector performance. This U4 Brief looks at five approaches to advancing anti-corruption reform in Nigeria’s oil sector: the legal and regulatory framework; open and ... -
Regulating conflicts of interest in challenging environments: The case of Azerbaijan
(U4 Issue 2010:2, Research report, 2010-02-02)Current approaches to regulating conflicts of interest, often encouraged by international anti-corruption standards, are commonly judged by how restrictive they are. Such interpretations reflect a mistaken view that a ... -
Sitting on the Fence: Conflicts of Interest and How to Regulate Them
(U4 Issue 2008:6, Research report, 2008-11-01)This paper describes the problem of conflict of interest of public officials and the main ways in which it may be tackled, with particular focus on regulation of elected officials. The paper describes three main types of ... -
Squeezing a balloon? Challenging the nexus between organised crime and corruption
(U4 Issue 2009:7, Research report, 2009-07-23)Corruption and organised crime are of great concern to the international community: while the first is regarded as one of the greatest barriers to development, the second is seen as a key threat to international security ...