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    Training guide on Human Rights Instruments in the Euro-Mediterranean Instruments

    Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2007
    Part of a wider project aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the Euromed region, this guide aims to facilitate civil society’s contribution to human rights promotion and protection within the Barcelona process and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
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    Paradoxes of public accountability in Malaysia: control mechanisms and their limitations

    International Public Management Review, 2006
    Public accountability has become difficult to ensure. There are a variety of factors, often rooted in the politico-bureaucratic institutions that render accountability mechanisms largely ineffective. This article considers public accountability in Malaysia and its limitations.
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    Combating corruption in a decentralized Indonesia

    World Bank Research, 2007
    A year after regional autonomy entered into force in 2001, a wave of corruption cases swept across Indonesia’s newly empowered regional parliaments. The disclosure of corruption cases on this scale is an unprecedented phenomenon in Indonesia. This documents considers ten case reports and highlights how formal legal proceedings are the only option for the resolution of corruption cases.
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    Making the most of scarcity: accountability for better water management results in the Middle East and North Africa

    World Bank, 2008
    Part of a series of development reports, this paper highlights the key challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). In particular, it aims to show how water is integrated into the wider economic policies of the countries of the region and for that reason, it brings water issues to non-water specialists, addressing a multi-sectoral audience.
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    Khanya-aicdd briefing 2: experiences of approaches to funding communities

    The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008
    Participatory approaches, decentralisation, and development of local capacity are now mainstream parts of the development toolkit.
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    Mapping the risks of corruption in humanitarian action

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
    This report examines the risk of corruption in humanitarian action. It lays out where different risks may lie within the complex system of delivery and contracts that forms the basis of humanitarian assistance.
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    Forest concessions and corruption

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    The paper discusses how corruption influences the logging industry and deprives developing country governments of important revenues. According to the paper the forest industry has the potential to contribute to the economy and increase state revenues in many developing countries.
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    Small arms, armed violence, and insecurity in Nigeria: the Niger Delta in perspective

    Small Arms Survey, 2007
    This study aims to raise awareness of a number of issues relating to insecurity, armed violence, and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Nigeria since the return to democracy in 1999. It particularly focuses on the mounting challenges that now face the Nigerian government.
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    Tackling corruption in the water and sanitation sector in Africa. starting the dialogue

    UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2007
    This paper focuses on corruption in Africa’s water and sanitation sector (WSS). It describes through a framework of corrupt interactions among public, private, and consumer/civil society actors, the types of corruption that occurs in the various stages of sector policy making, planning and budgeting, financing, delivery, and implementation.
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    The government budget: a critical appraisal with reference to transparency and accountability

    Pathfinder Foundation, 2007
    This briefing paper, prepared for the purpose of educating legislators in Sri Lanka on issues relating to their government budget, addresses the following questions:

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