Nigeria’s ‘miracle examination centres’ undermine education: how to stop the rot
This blog was written by a team of researchers of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, partner of the SOAS Anti-Corruption Evidence Consortium, and Dr Pallavi ...
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30 October 2020 – Scaling up and the governance challenge for Covid response
On 30 October 2020, Dr Pallavi Roy, Research Director at SOAS-ACE, shared some insights on reducing corruption during scaling up the Covid-19 response with the ...
Lending corruption and bank loan contracting: implications for gender inequity and inclusive growth in West Africa
The media sector in Nigeria is a vibrant platform for political opinion and debate. But how does media reporting reflect, interact with and impact on corruption and anti-corruption in Nigeria, particularly around elections?
Busting the myth of ‘miracle examination centres’ in Nigeria: private secondary schools and malpractices in WAEC and NECO examinations
The media sector in Nigeria is a vibrant platform for political opinion and debate. But how does media reporting reflect, interact with and impact on corruption and anti-corruption in Nigeria, particularly around elections?
Coronavirus: corruption in health care could get in the way of Nigeria’s response
A health worker collecting sample testing kits from a nurse during a community COVID-19 coronavirus testing campaign in Lagos on April 18, 2020. The ...
COVID-19: the dual threat of a virus and a fake news epidemic
This article was written by Idayat Hassan, Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and member of SOAS-ACE. It was originally published in the Premium ...
The conversation is not ending: insights into health sector corruption in Nigeria
This article by Prince Agwu was originally published by the Health Policy Research Group on 6 March 2020. The author is a researcher at the ...
6 February 2020 – Breaking the cycle of corruption in the Nigerian electricity sector
Dr Pallavi Roy shares her anti-corruption research findings at a joint workshop in Abuja. Participants discussed feasible solutions to the electricity shortfall in Nigeria’s productive sector caused by corruption.
28 January 2020 – Roundtable: Advancing anti-corruption in extractive industries through a political economy lens
On 28 January 2020, a roundtable brought together select participants to discuss and brainstorm how to better integrate politically informed, feasible anti-corruption strategies into how we as anti-corruption practitioners and ...
Jobs, corruption and major development donors: applying the ACE approach to a thorny development problem
In spite of monumental investments made in global health over the past decades, Universal Health Coverage remains a distant goal - in part due to pervasive corruption in health systems. Join ACE, LSHTM and Transparency International to discuss.