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Piloting a cooperative model to provide cheaper and cleaner energy for SMEs in Nigeria
Due to the failure of grid-based supply, over 80% of SMEs in Nigeria own or use a generator, or self-generate. This is hugely damaging environmentally, as generators use diesel. Also, SMEs are not ...
Case Study: Reducing corruption in Nigeria’s energy sector
This case study shows how the SOAS-ACE approach was applied to address policy-distorting corruption in Nigeria's electricity sector. The SOAS-ACE approach tackles corruption when traditional ...
Mapping the Nature, Drivers, Effects and Responses to Corruption in the Procurement of Pharmaceuticals in Anglophone Africa: A Scoping Review of Literature
Expenditure on pharmaceuticals comprises a large share of health budgets. It involves many different actors, often working out of the public gaze, making the process ...
Skills Training, Corruption and Organisational Capabilities: An Analysis of Bangladesh’s Garment Industry
Skills training programmes are critical for job creation and structural transformation in developing countries. However, they often achieve poor results because of corruption. By looking ...
Case Study: Reducing corruption in climate infrastructure in Bangladesh
This case study was developed as part of the SOAS ACE “How to” guide, “Navigating the Political Economy of Corruption: Observing and understanding actors’ behaviours, ...
LATEST BLOGS
Why Anti-Corruption in Fragile Settings Is an Even Bigger Imperative
by Professor Pallavi Roy Evidence-based and solution-focused research on corruption in fragile contexts is central to strengthening the shift from fragility to resilience. In such settings, ...
Political Corruption, Material Interests and Social Norms
By Cathy Shutt Last year the SOAS ACE programme convened a series of multi-disciplinary conversations on what political corruption might mean for accountability and for ...
Context matters in scaling for fragile settings, but how? A case study for setting up a mini grid for SMEs in Nigeria.
This blog post is based on a presentation delivered by Dr Pallavi Roy on “Political economies of scaling fragile contexts” for the annual forum of ...
LATEST EVENTS
Launch of the SOAS ACE “how to” guide: “Navigating the Political Economy of Corruption: Observing and understanding actors’ behaviours, to inform effective policy”
Event date/time: Thursday 15th May 2025 13:00-14:30 BSTVenue: MS Teams Over the past 9 years, the SOAS Anti-Corruption Evidence Research programme has pioneered an exciting approach to ...
The Monsoon Revolution in Bangladesh – are there lessons for future mobilisations against state capture and corruption?
Event date/time: Thursday 5th December 2024 13:00-14:00 GMT Venue: MS Teams - Join the Teams call here This ACE online seminar will be hosted by SOAS. ...
Presentation by SOAS-ACE to the Yar’Adua Foundation in Nigeria
Dr Pallavi Roy's presentation to the Yar’Adua Foundation in Nigeria highlighted how our research could be used to achieve the aims of ...
LATEST VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
Presentation by SOAS-ACE to the Yar’Adua Foundation in Nigeria
Dr Pallavi Roy's presentation to the Yar’Adua Foundation in Nigeria highlighted how our research could be used to achieve the aims of ...
Zero Tolerance for corruption: What does it mean in practice for development cooperation?
What should we understand by the term ‘zero tolerance for corruption’? Mushtaq Khan at the OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum conference put forward the SOAS-ACE ...
Film: Inside an artisanal oil refinery in the Niger Delta
In this video, an owner explains how a typical artisanal oil refinery works. The rudimentary technology has evolved over time into an industrial-scale phenomenon. There ...
