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Infrastructure and its role in Brazil’s development process - working paper
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014The recovery in fortunes of the Brazilian economy since the middle of the 1990s encompasses a number of positive dimensions. Unlike in previous epochs, Brazil’s creditable growth performance has been associated with prolonged price stability and the avoidance of excessive accumulation of international debt.DocumentBrazilian anti-corruption legislation and its enforcement: potential lessons for institutional design
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014Over 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.DocumentResearch briefing: Brazil: tackling corruption through institutional multiplicity
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014At 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:DocumentMapping corruption & its institutional determinants in Brazil
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014As 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.DocumentIs there a new Brazilian model of development? Main findings from the IRIBA research programme
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014It has been suggested that Brazil’s unexpected successes in the last two decades are the outcome of a new model of development, with strong inclusive growth at its core.DocumentWomen, peace and security in Afghanistan: looking back to move forward
EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy, 2014As Afghanistan enters the Transformation Decade, progress in the areas of peace, reconciliation, and security is tenuous and dormant. This project revisits the Peace Process Roadmap to 2015 from the High Peace Council as a means of looking back in order to determine how to move forward as Afghanistan undertakes critical political and security transitions.DocumentThe Catholic Church at the United Nations: Church or State?
Catholics for Choice, 2013The Holy See is the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome. Ever since it was informally accepted into the United Nations in 1964, questions have been raised about the Holy See’s status and role at the UN.DocumentGender Responsive Budgeting and Aid Effectiveness Knowledge Briefs
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2010This series investigated how gender responsive budgeting (GRB) tools and strategies had been used in the context of aid modalities, such as general budget support (GBS) and sector budget support (SBS). Research was carried out in ten countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nepal, Mozambique, Peru, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.DocumentSouth Africa’s regional policy: the link between normative anchors and economic diplomacy in SADC
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014South Africa’s foreign policy identity is grounded in the values of good governance, democracy and human rights, as a consequence of its own transition to democratic rule in 1994. However, the past two decades have witnessed lacunae in the manner in which these values have been articulated in its economic diplomacy in Southern Africa.