Combating High-Profile Corruption in Transitional1Societies: Overview of Experiences from Some African Countries

Combating Corruption in India

Traditional games: A joker in modern development. Some experiences from Nordic countries and Nordic-African exchange

The development of sport and its contribution to the development of society as a whole is not a movement into one direction only, going from traditional games to modern sport. Experiences from Scandinavian development aid show a much more complex picture of exchanges between popular sports in Denmark and ngoma dance in Tanzanian. Also inside the Nordic countries, traditional games are rediscove...

Combating Corruption on All Fronts

The Role of E-government in Combating Corruption in Transition Countries

Improving the enforcement of rules is clearly the best way to combat corruption. The introduction of eGovernment can play a major role in this context as it automates several processes. However, in the case of post-communist transitioning countries such as Armenia, the challenges are unique. These countries are struggling with the transformation of their legacy bureaucratic and administrative p...

Wastage in the health workforce: some perspectives from African countries

BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan Africa faces a human resources crisis in the health sector. Over the past two decades its population has increased substantially, with a significant rise in the disease burden due to HIV/AIDS and recurrent communicable diseases and an increased incidence of noncommunicable diseases. This increased demand for health services is met with a rather low supply of health worker...