Accountability through practical norms: Civil service reform in Africa from below This project explored how informal practices, or ‘practical norms’, shape the delivery of health and education services in six…
This project explored what works in reducing corruption by developing case studies and cross-cutting analysis in three key areas: land administration, national anti-corruption strategies, and commodity certification systems, to support policy learning and innovation ODA-eligible countries.
This project tests the effectiveness of two interventions designed to reduce medication theft – one aimed at informing clinic officials and one aimed at empowering citizen monitors.
A behavioural approach is adopted to develop and test an anti-corruption intervention in the Tanzanian health sector, recognising that social norms can fuel practices of gift-giving and bribery between health service providers and users.
Building on Phase 1 findings, this project digs deeper into the impact of changes in sociopolitical contexts by focusing on recipient-country regulatory frameworks and their interactions with donor regulations.
This project is the first comparative study of law enforcement efforts targeting high-level corruption in Africa. The focus on enforcement practice promises to generate new evidence regarding investigations and prosecutions in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Malawi.