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    Corruption and trust in political institutions in subsaharan Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2008
    This paper analyses the impact of corruption on the extent of trust in political institutions using data from surveys conducted in 18 sub-Saharan African countries.
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    Grand corruption in the regulation of oil

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
    This paper offers an initial exploration of the topic of grand corruption in the regulation of oil. It focuses primarily on the roles of host governments, private oil companies and donor governments, besides the increasingly dominant role of state-owned, national oil companies in addressing the problem.
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    The political development of the Ghanaian national health insurance system: lessons in health governance

    Health Systems 20/20, 2007
    This paper from Health Systems 20/20 examines Ghana’s national health insurance system (NHIS). It describes the success of the project, for example within two years over a third of the country had enrolled, as well as some of the problems, such as design flaws and questions of sustainability.
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    Partnership to Protect: CSOs and the AU : An advocacy toolkit for civilian protection

    African Centre for Humanitarian Action - Africa Humanitarian Action, 2008
    Around the world, most people agree that governments must be the ones responsible for making sure that their people are protected. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. In this case, it is the responsibility of both intergovernmental organisations, like the AU, and international organisations, such as CSOs, to help protect civilians.
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    Share – Managing water across boundaries

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
    Nations share more than 260 international river basins which cover nearly half of the Earth’s surface. As demand for water grows in all countries, these shared resources will increasingly be drawn upon to meet the competing needs of billions of people for drinking water, food, energy, and industrial production.
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    Press freedom and economic development in Latin America

    Centro para la Apertura y el Desarollo de América Latina / Centre for the Opening and Development of Latin America, 2008
    This report seeks to disentangle and analyse the relationship between indicators of press freedom, economic liberty and economic development in Latin America. It considers press freedom and economic development in a historical perspective, and also analyses recent rankings of press and economic freedoms.
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    MEAs, conservation and conflict. A case study of Virunga National Park, DRC

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    Focusing on the case of Virunga National Park (PNVi) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this paper looks at Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and the impact of ongoing conflict. It also discusses opportunities for elevating environment-conflict issues to international policy levels to help save important ecosystems in times of conflict.
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    Changes in citizens' perceptions of the local taxation system in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2008
    This paper examines citizens’ perceptions of local taxation system in six councils in Tanzania. It investigates why residents do or do not pay local taxes, and their perceptions of misuse of tax revenue. Respondents’ opinions were studied on the following areas: 
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    Going with the grain in African development?

    Research4Development, 2008
    Following the disappointing results of the Good Governance agenda, this paper explores the idea of working  "with the grain" of African societies.
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    The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity. An interim report

    European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2008
    This document aims to promote a better understanding of the true economic value of ecosystem services and to offer economic tools that take proper account of this value. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is split in two phases and this interim report summarises the results of Phase I.

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