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    Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and corruption

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2013
    There is evidence that corruption takes many forms and facilitates IUU fishing in Africa throughout the fisheries chain.
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    Distributing mining wealth to communities in Ghana: Addressing problems of elite capture and political corruption

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2013
    In the context of a mining boom in Africa, a critical consideration is how governments use increased mineral wealth to foster development, particularly in rural communities where mining takes place.
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    Leaking projects: Corruption and local water management in Kyrgyzstan

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2013
    Poor water infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet era led international donors to support investments in agricultural irrigation and potable freshwater systems. The financial investments made, however, did not always underpin improvements in local water delivery and the Kyrgyz Vice President once noted that “the lion’s share of the credit was stolen”.
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    Project Leaf and addressing corruption in REDD+

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2013
    Project Leaf (Law Enforcement Assistance for Forests) was launched on 5 June, 2012 – on World Environment Day. It is an initiative to counter various aspects of forest crime, including corruption, illegal logging and timber trafficking.
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    Who rules Nigeria?

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2012
    Nigeria has experienced military coups, a civil war and very poor economic development, and its population is more impoverished today than at independence. Behind this lies the “oil curse”. The ruling elite has captured the rents generated from oil for personal enrichment and power purposes. Nigeria’s elite formation has three distinct characteristics.
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    Approaches to collective action: how businesses together can lead the fight against corruption

    Center for International Private Enterprise, 2013
    Increased attention to the costs of corruption has engendered more and more reform efforts by governments, international donors, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The vast majority of these efforts focus on the public sector, such as through regulatory reform, disclosure, and the creation of new oversight bodies.
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    Cities of integrity - an overlooked challenge for both urbanists and nti-corruption practitioners and a great opportunity for fresh ideas and alliances

    Social Science Research Network, 2013
    The future of the fight against corruption critically depends on cities and the future of cities critically depends on the fight against corruption. Despite a great potential for mutual learning, innovation and joint impact there is still a surprising and very unfortunate disconnect between urbanists and anti-corruption practitioners in research, practice and advocacy.
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    Citizens' role in political settlements

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2013
    This helpdesk query seeks to identify literature on the role of citizens in creating and maintaining political settlements. The author identifies a number of key findings:
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    Peter Bakam explains why self-assessment works for him

    State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2009
    In the leaflet Better than the 'Consultant Report Approach': Peter Bakam Explains Why Self-assessment Works for Him, Peter Bakam, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Planning, Kaduna State, speaks about his experiences with the SPARC self-assessment process. He describes why he found it useful and how it differed from previous experiences.
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    New tools for self-assessment

    State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2009
    The leaflet New tools for Change: SPARC's Self-assessment Processes explains the SPARC self-assessment process, how it was developed, how it works, how it changes attitudes, and how it helps government officials identify the changes they want to make and set goals.

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