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Exploring the nature, enabling factors and solutions to corruption in the procurement of pharmaceuticals in Nigeria tertiary health institutions: a qualitative study

Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe, Prince Agwu, Aloysius Odii, Charles Orjiakor, Eleanor Hutchinson, Pallavi Roy, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova

Publication date: March 2022

Pharmaceuticals account for a large share of health budgets, second only to salaries of the workforce in most countries. Coupled with the complexity of managing multiple ...

Lending corruption and bank loan contracting: implications for gender inequity and inclusive growth in Nigeria

Authors: Brian Ezeonu, Kelly Krawczyk

Publication date: February 2022

Lending corruption, which is the focus of this research, captures both paying bribes and using familiarity rather than merit as the metric to access credit.

Corruption during final external examinations in private secondary schools in Nigeria: qualitative insights into operations and solutions to ‘Miracle Examination Centres’

Authors: Prince Agwu, Charles Orjiakor, Aloysius Odii, Chinyere Onalu, Chidi Nzeadibe, Pallavi Roy, Obinna Onwujekwe, Uzoma Okoye

Publication date: February 2022

The quality of the secondary education system in Nigeria is ranked below average by both local and international bodies. Corruption is a major reason for ...

The EFCC and ICPC in Nigeria: overlapping mandates and duplication of effort in the fight against corruption

Authors: Idayat Hassan

Publication date: November 2021

Corruption remains a major hindrance to Nigeria’s development, despite efforts made by successive regimes to combat it. In the absence of institutionalised anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) during military ...

Anti-corruption in Uganda’s drug shops: do surplus health workers offer a high-impact, feasible solution?

Authors: Eleanor Hutchinson, Freddy Kitutu, Kristian Hansen, Lydia Ochero, Sunday Mundua, Sian Clarke, Dina Balabanova, Anthony Mbonye

Publication date: April 2021

In many African countries, the majority of sick adults and children seek healthcare from medicine retail outlets which are licensed to sell over-the-counter drugs. This ...

Feasible pathways for energy transition in Tanzania: shifting unproductive subsidies towards targeted green rents

Authors: Antonio Andreoni, Luca Tasciotti, Emmanuel Tayari

Publication date: February 2021

Tanzania’s energy sector is at a crossroads. After almost two decades punctuated by corruption scandals and increasing financial unsustainability of the country’s state-owned public utility the Tanzania ...

Standards and rents: a study of market distortions and anti-corruption in Malawi’s steel industry

Authors: Maria Nkhonjera, Thando Vilakazi

Publication date: January 2021

This paper is one of three country research studies analysing industry arrangements that are potentially corrupt and anti-competitive in the supply of steel products in ...

The political economy of the steel sector in Tanzania: power relations and patterns of decline and growth over time

Authors: Hazel Gray

Publication date: January 2021

The trajectory of Tanzania’s steel sector over the past 20 years has been driven by expansion in the construction sector and building projects related to ...

Tanzania’s ‘rice bowl’: production success, scarcity persistence and rent seeking in the East African Community

Authors: Antonio Andreoni, Deograsias Mushi, Ole Therkildsen

Publication date: January 2021

Rice is a ‘political crop’. As the second most important staple crop after maize in people’s diets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rice attracts considerable domestic ...

Climate change investments in Bangladesh: leveraging dual-use characteristics as an anti-corruption tool

Authors: Mushtaq Khan, Mitchell Watkins, Salahuddin Aminuzzaman, Sumaiya Khair, Muhammad Zakir Hossain Khan

Publication date: December 2020

Bangladesh is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. The government and international development partners have committed billions of dollars in adaptation infrastructure to mitigate ...

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Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe, Prince Agwu, Aloysius Odii, Charles Orjiakor, Eleanor Hutchinson, Pallavi Roy, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova

Publication date: March 2022

Authors: Brian Ezeonu, Kelly Krawczyk

Publication date: February 2022

Authors: Prince Agwu, Charles Orjiakor, Aloysius Odii, Chinyere Onalu, Chidi Nzeadibe, Pallavi Roy, Obinna Onwujekwe, Uzoma Okoye

Publication date: February 2022

Authors: Idayat Hassan

Publication date: November 2021

Authors: Eleanor Hutchinson, Freddy Kitutu, Kristian Hansen, Lydia Ochero, Sunday Mundua, Sian Clarke, Dina Balabanova, Anthony Mbonye

Publication date: April 2021

Authors: Antonio Andreoni, Luca Tasciotti, Emmanuel Tayari

Publication date: February 2021

Authors: Maria Nkhonjera, Thando Vilakazi

Publication date: January 2021

Authors: Hazel Gray

Publication date: January 2021

Authors: Antonio Andreoni, Deograsias Mushi, Ole Therkildsen

Publication date: January 2021

Authors: Mushtaq Khan, Mitchell Watkins, Salahuddin Aminuzzaman, Sumaiya Khair, Muhammad Zakir Hossain Khan

Publication date: December 2020