This paper explores the linkages between PFM systems and effective anti-corruption measures. It asks: Which components of the PFM cycle are effective anti-corruption measures and what types of corruption do they address? Drawing on a variable evidence base, its findings highlight the role of PFM reforms in reducing the opportunities and incentives for corruption, over the ...» more
Library
This e-library contains more than 4500 external publications on governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian issues. It includes academic and grey literature selected for its basis in good quality research and coverage of a range of perspectives. Policy-oriented summaries of each document are provided, plus links to the full text.
Peacebuilding knowledge, attitudes and skills: Desk review and recommendations
Children and adolescents can build peace. They can draw from their life experiences, natural resiliency, capacities, talents and personal, familial and cultural assets to embrace peace and introduce peaceful behaviours to their community. This report attempts to empower and equip children to assume a peacebuilding role in their schools, communities, and countries by teaching ...» more
Societal dynamics and fragility
This study departs from the dominant understanding that weak state capacity, legitimacy or will to deliver basic services underpins fragility and argues that fragility is also about relationships between state and society and within society. These relationships occur in a non-linear continuum which, when understood, can inform interventions that can help prevent societies from ...» more
Energy for all: Harnessing the power of energy access for chronic poverty reduction
Energy poverty strongly correlates with income poverty, and is most acute in the poorest households in rural areas. This guide argues that access to electricity, combined with assets, can help people escape persistent poverty. Complementary interventions, coordination, and inter-sectoral collaboration are recommended to maximise the poverty reduction potential of energy ...» more
From ‘good governance’ to governance that works
Governance needs for development in Africa is not so easily identified with the good governance template. This chapter explores how best fit examples of reforms have yet to make a clean break with conventional thinking on good governance; with a continued focus on the principal-agent framework rather than collective action. It calls for a more realistic take on governance ...» more