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    Global principles for global operators: why looking at accountability in relationships matters in achieving sustainability and effectiveness

    One World Trust, 2007
    Global operators, whether corporate, intergovernmental or non-governmental, work in the same sphere and impact on the same people. In turn, they need to follow similar principles of accountability and can learn from each others’ practices.
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    Global Integrity index

    Global Integrity, 2006
    This document presents the global integrity index focused on a selection of countries from seven regions across the globe. With an in-depth focus on each country, it assesses the existence and effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms that promote public integrity.
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    Comparative report on the state of the judiciary in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco

    International Foundation for Electoral Systems, 2007
    These four Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries were selected for this report on the basis of having implemented judicial reforms aimed at establishing an independent judiciary. However, the findings of this research, which evaluates regional judicial independence and accountability, show that there is still some way to go.
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    Corruption perceptions vs. corruption reality

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006
    Cross-country corruption indexes such as Transparency International’s Corruption Index and the World Bank’s Governance Indicators are used widely to determine a country’s governance performance and therefore aid effectiveness. Such indicators draw heavily on people’s perception rather than an objective indicator.
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    The illegitimacy of democracy?: democratisation and alienation in Maputo, Mozambique

    Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2007
    This paper examines the effects of democratisation in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. It focuses on the growing alienation between the urban middle class and the dominant, state-based elite, arguing that the introduction of multiparty democracy has weakened the state’s legitimacy amongst a group that was once a pillar of the regime. Findings include:
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    Corruption and the South African police service

    Institute for Security Studies, 2007
    Police corruption is rampant in South Africa yet the issue remains poorly researched. This paper discusses what is known about the state of corruption in the South African Police Service (SAPS), and outlines recent measures taken by the SAPS on corruption in the organisation.
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    Crafting performance measurement systems to combat corruption in complex, multi-stakeholder organisations: the case of the World Bank

    Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University of Singapore, 2007
    Increasingly, performance management systems are being used by a range of organisations. This paper explores the use of performance management in the context of large public-sector agencies, focusing on the World Bank and its efforts to strenghthen anti-corruption information systems in Indonesia, as a case study. Key findings include: 
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    Evaluating democracy support:methods and experiences

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007
    Development programmes aimed at supporting democracy are difficult to evaluate as a result of diverse concepts of democracy, the complex nature of the democratisation process and problems in attributing change to individual development projects. This book based on the proceedings of a workshop on Methods and Experiences of Supporting Democracy Support held in April 2006.
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    Donor support to political parties: status and principles

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    With financing of political parties a recurrent problem in many developing and transitional countries, donors are increasingly rendering support to political parties - almost always in indirect ways. This paper outlines the modalities, principles and practices of donor support to political parties.
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    Global Corruption Report 2007

    Transparency International, 2007
    This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. The report provides comparative analysis of judicial corruption based on 32 country reports and provides

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