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    A user's guide to measuring corruption

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2008
    Over the past few years, a flood of new work has emerged challenging the validity of the traditional measurements of corruption and arguing for new and improved tools for national policy makers, civil society and donors alike. This guide suggests ways of measuring corruption promoting a multiple data sourcing approach and a focus on actionable measurements.
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    Progress of the world’s women 2008/2009: who answers to women? gender and accountability

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2008
    UNIFEM’s biennial flagship report argues that realising women’s rights and achieving the Millennium Development Goals depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to women and gender equality.
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    Climate wrongs and human rights. Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy

    Oxfam, 2008
    This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change.
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    Climate change impact and disaster vulnerabilities in the coastal areas of Bangladesh

    Equity and Justice Working Group, 2007
    Focusing on the coastal areas of Bangladesh, this report analyses the impact of disasters with specific reference to the effects of climate change. It also looks at the nature of the disasters that frequently occur and discusses efforts to mitigate their impact.
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    Financing sustainable forest management

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2008
    Despite the adoption of many international agreements over the last decades, degradation of forests and deforestation has continued. Since this is largely due to the market's failure to account for forests' multifunctionality, this issue argues that a new, holistic approach is necessary to ensure sustainable forest management (SFM) is adequately supported and financed.
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    Follow the money: a resource book for trainers on public expenditure tracking in Tanzania

    Hakikazi Catalyst, Tanzania, 2008
    Public Expenditure Tracking (PET) is ‘following the money’ from where it is disbursed by central government authorities, through local government, to end users such as schools and clinics. This manual provides tools for the implementation of public expenditure tracking systems (PETS) in the context of Tanzania. [adapted from the authors]
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    Charcoal in the mist: an overview of environmental security issues and initiatives in the Central Albertine Rift

    Institute for Environmental Security, 2008
    The Central Albertine Rift is a transboundary eco-region important not only in terms of its great biodiversity, but also in terms of politics and security. Violent conflicts in the region related to valuable mineral and natural resources, have (had) a major destabilising effect on states and communities in the wider Great Lakes region.
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    Corruption and decentralised public governance

    World Bank, 2006
    This paper examines the conceptual and empirical basis of corruption and governance and concludes that decentralised local governance is conducive to reduced corruption in the long run. This is because
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    Corruption in tax administration

    World Bank, 2007
    This paper, a book chapter, focuses on corruption in tax administration. It discusses the main causes of corruption in tax administration, analyses the role of procedures for administering some taxes, and reviews the impact of tax-related corruption on the economy. The author identifies the following causes of corruption in tax-administration:
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    Corruption and fraud detection by supreme audit institutions

    World Bank Publications, 2007
    This paper examines the fraud and corruption issues confronting supreme audit institutions (SAIs) and offers some strategies and ideas for improving SAI performance in detecting fraud and corruption.

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