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    The political economy of corruption and REDD+: lessons from the Philippines' pilot sites

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2014
    Corruption is a continuing feature of the Philippines’ natural resource sectors. Given keen interest in the country’s REDD+ potential, it is useful to consider corruption risks related to REDD+ from a political economy perspective.
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    Drivers of corruption: a brief review

    World Bank, 2014
    For many years, corruption was seen as primarily, if not exclusively, a political problem with little or no relevance to economic development. Recently, however, the nexus between corruption and governance issues, on theone hand, and development, including economic development, on the other, has become clear.
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    Governance in Morocco: discourse, policies and reality

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2014
    In Morocco, internal demands for institutional reform backed by popular support have become a major lever in assisting to establish good governance in the country since early 2011. This was reflected in the King’s speech in March 2011 and the constitutional amendment in July of the same year.
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    Kenya: democracy and political participation

    2014
    This discussion paper provides a comprehensive review of the state of democracy and popular participation in Kenya. It presents a narrative of a nation’s ambition to journey into a new era of democratisation aided by a new constitution, which almost four years on, is yet to be fully implemented.
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    The 2014 general elections in Mozambique: analysis of fundamental questions

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2014
    This study seeks to bring together the various elements that outline the context for the 2014 general election in Mozambique. It highlights the process and historical context of the amendment of the electoral laws, marked by the further politicisation of the electoral bodies.
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    Corruption risks and mitigating approaches in climate finance

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2014
    There are major governance and corruption challenges associated with climate finance, with huge amounts of money from a wide variety of sources flowing through new, complex and relatively untested funding mechanisms at international, national and local levels.
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    Brazilian anti-corruption legislation and its enforcement: potential lessons for institutional design

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    Over the past few decades corruption has emerged as a major issue in the global development discourse as policymakers and academics have increasingly focused on the political economy factors that promote or hinder inclusive, sustainable growth.
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    Research briefing: Brazil: tackling corruption through institutional multiplicity

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    At the core of any effective strategy to combat corruption lies a strong system of accountability to discover and sanction those who participate in corrupt actions. The lesson from the Brazilian case concerns the potential advantages of having multiple institutions able to perform the same function within the system of horizontal accountability. Summary:
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    Mapping corruption & its institutional determinants in Brazil

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    As an emerging economic power that has witnessed peaceful regular exchanges of political power, Brazil has avoided the most calamitous potential consequences of corruption, but its persistence in the country’s economic and governance systems has not been costless.
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    Gender equality: a governance matter

    UN Women, 2013
    Does gender inequality constitute a governance failure? This policy brief describes how it is a governance failure when governments are unable or unwilling to translate gender equality commitments into reality.

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