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First IATI Annual Report

This first ever annual report from IATI reviews the performance of this bold initiative and offers its plans for the future.

What’s Yours Is Mine: New Actors and New Approaches to Asset Recovery in Global Corruption Cases

This study from CGD assesses the impact that recovering money from corrupt officials could have on a country's future development.

Why Follow The Leader ? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflict

In this working paper from The World Bank, Phillip Keefer examines the role of collective action in conflict situations.

Russia: Illicit Financial Flows and the Underground Economy

The Russian economy lost at least US$211.5 billion in illicit financial outflows from 1994 to 2011. These outflows represent the proceeds of crime, corruption, and tax evasion, and have serious negative consequences for the Russian economy.

Afghan Bribery Cost Skyrocketed in 2012

A United Nations report finds that $3.9 billion was spent on bribes in 2012, twice the country's domestic revenue, and 40 percent more than the amount paid in bribes in 2009.

Trends: North Korea

In this paper from the Milken Institute, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland examine the current and future state of affairs in North Korea.

Beyond Patronage: Ruling Party Cohesion and Authoritarian Stability

Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way explore the patronage dynamics in African politic and argue that institutionalized party patronage is an ineffective source of elite cohesion

A Humanitarian Crisis in Need of a Development Solution

In this report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti is discussed.

From CNDP to M23: The Evolution of an Armed Movement in Eastern Congo

In this report from the Usalama Project at the Rift Valley Institute, Jason Stearns illuminates the conflict in Eastern Congo including the conflict’s main actors and their interests.

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