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U4: Evidence of Citizen Engagement Impact in Promoting Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Effort
Citizen engagement has garnered strength in the last 20 years as a response to the shortcomings of government reforms designed to improve governance. Different forms of citizen...
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U4: Overcoming the Pitfalls of Engaging Communities in Anti-Corruption Programmes
Effective engagement by communities is a crucial strategy for anti-corruption initiatives. However, encouraging involvement and civic mindedness at a local level can present...
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U4: Anti-corruption in Covid-19 Preparedness and Response: Mainstreaming Integrity into Pandemic Plans and Policies
Government pandemic response plans and policies do not give enough attention to anti-corruption and governance. Plans need to involve anti-corruption agencies from the start, as...
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U4: Supporting Civil Society During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Potentials of Online Collaborations for Social Accountability
There are significant corruption risks during times of crisis. Civil society has an important role to play in ensuring funds to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic reach their...
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U4: Corruption in Universities: Paths to Integrity in the Higher Education Subsector
Corruption and fraud in higher education is a global scourge that hinders human capital formation, especially in developing countries. It ranges from political capture of...
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U4: Urbanisation, Informality and Corruption: Designing Policies for Integrity in the City
The world is rapidly urbanising, and urban informality is a central feature of our times. Conventional thinking views informality as corrosive to clean government, but new...
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U4: Blockchain as an Anticorruption Tool: Case Examples and Introduction to the Technology
The technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was supposed to end poverty, eliminate corruption, and provide financial inclusion for all. The very financial...
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U4: Anti-Corruption in the Health Sector in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian countries present economic, cultural and political conditions that have varying effects on the reform and implementation of anti-corruption efforts in healthcare...
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U4: Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Regime 2008-2018: A Critical Political Economy Approach
Cambodia’s anti-corruption reforms have been critical to consolidating power in the hands of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. Financial management reforms and...
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U4 Expert Answer: Overview of Corruption in Burma (Myanmar)
U4 is a web-based resource centre for development practitioners who wish to effectively address corruption challenges in their work. Expert Answers are produced by the U4...
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A Conflict of Interest: the Uncertain Future of Burma’s Forests
‘A Conflict of Interest: the Uncertain Future of Burma’s Forests’ is the first report on logging and conflict in Burma by Global Witness. Global Witness is a British-based...
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ITTO Tropical Forest Update
A newsletter from ITTO to promote the conservation and sustainable of use tropical resources.
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Baseline Study 4, Myanmar: Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
Myanmar remains one of the world’s only countries with no prohibitions on log exports. The country provides much coveted teak and other hardwood logs to the region and beyond....
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Current State of the Development and Implementation of the National Code of Harvesting Practices in Myanmar
A country paper presented by U Khin Zaw, Deputy General Manager (Planning), Myanma Timber Enterprise, Ministry of Forestry, Union of Myanmar at the International Expert Meeting...
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Myanmar Enterprise Survey 2014: Early Findings
The World Bank Group's Enterprise Survey in Myanmar finds that reforms of the country’s investment climate are urgent across a number of areas, especially access to finance,...
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Overdue Diligence: Teak Exports from Myanmar in Breach of European Union Rules
Following an investigation into the placement of Burmese teak from Myanmar onto the European Union (EU) market, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has submitted legal...
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Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS) Gap Analysis Project: Final Report
This report outlines the results of the Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS) gap analysis exercise. It documents the existing MTLAS and describes some of the gaps...
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Country Progress Report: Myanmar at 6th Sub-regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance
This presentation is from the 6th Sub-Regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance. It considers forestry in Myanmar and the chain of custody for forest products, including an...
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Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade Annex: Myanmar
This presentation provides a framework for assessing the legality of forestry operations, including a set of principles with criterion and different indicators. The timber...
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Burma and Transnational Crime
Report by the Congressional Research Service on transnational organized crime in Burma (Myanmar). Transnational crime in Burma bears upon U.S. interests as it threatens regional...