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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruptionCan a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a ‘culture of evasion’ damages state authority...
Corruption Tax administration data GovernanceWorking Paper
What determines administrative capacity in developing countries?While it is recognized that effective state institutions are pivotal for economic development, it is not well understood what their origins are and what explains their cross-country differences...
state capacity Administrative capacity Public finance managementWorking Paper
The role of governance and international norms in managing natural resourcesThe governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse...
Governance Transparency Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Governance and the reversal of women’s rights: The case of abortion in El SalvadorStates’ governance of gender is not unidirectional. In addition to ‘stagnation’ and ‘progress’, there can be an active reversal of rights already granted to women...
Abortion Women CrimeBlog
What role for East African hydrocarbons in the global economy post-Paris COP21?
Over the past decade significant hydrocarbon discoveries have been made across East Africa...
Natural resources extractives industry GovernanceWorking Paper
New industrial policy and the extractive industriesIndustrial policy is back. Advocates for industrial policy argue that the important question is not whether such policies should be applied at all, but how to design and implement them...
Natural resources extractives industry GovernanceWorking Paper
Do fences make good neighbours?: Evidence from an insurgency in IndiaIndia has employed a variety of military, political, and economic measures to combat the long running insurgency in Kashmir with little evidence on what contributes to stability in the region...
Conflict Violence GovernanceWorking Paper
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance: Lessons from Nigeria and GhanaDonor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country’s development prospects...
Oil Gas Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Political economy and governanceThis paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda...
Natural resources Extractives Political economyPresentation
Fragile Development 2015-2030: Understanding how insecurity and poor governance will affect sustainable developmentOn 19th June UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Research Fellow Roger Williamson, participated in a panel entitled “Fragile Development 2015-2030: Understanding how insecurity and poor governance will affect sustainable development”. The panel was...
News
Aid in a Post-2015 WorldNow out the ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme summary which outlines 15 key findings relevant to the post-2015 agenda.
Foreign aid Social sectors Gender equalityProject meeting
Good aid in hard places: Learning from what has worked in fragile contextsGovernance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and...
Project meeting
Aid and institution-building in fragile states: Lessons from comparative casesGovernance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and...
Results Meeting
Challenges in Fragility and GovernanceSince the mid-1990s foreign aid has become increasingly concerned with fragility and governance. Given the acknowledgement of the role of the state in providing the conditions for peace, progress and prosperity, foreign aid has concentrated much...
Panel discussion
Development success: Strategies and lessons from more advanced countries and the developing worldVideo: panel discussion which took place on Monday 18 March 2013 in Oxford: http://fsmevents.com/csae/session6/ What lessons can be learnt from developed countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-...
