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U.S. Aid and Transparency for Global Development

January 19, 2012

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How Warm Was Latin America’s Welcome for Ahmadinejad? Misgovernance in One Chart

January 17, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann

Transparency, Conflict Minerals and Natural Resources: Debating Sections 1502 and 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act

December 20, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

Transparency, Conflict Minerals and Natural Resources: What You Don’t Know About Dodd-Frank

December 13, 2011

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Transparency in Natural Resources and Conflict Minerals: What We May Not Know About Dodd-Frank

December 9, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

Judge Rakoff Challenge to the Security Exchange Commission: Can Regulatory Capture be Reversed?

December 2, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

Governance and the Arab World Transition: Reflections, Empirics and Implications for the International Community

September 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

Unexpected East Coast Earthquake Spurs U.S. Stock Market Rally: Add to the List of Ridiculous Political Economic Statements?

August 24, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

Congress' Dismal Performance Need Not Be the Case: A Governance Perspective

July 29, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

Open Government Partnership: First Steps and the Road Ahead

July 19, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

Corruption, Impunity and Inequality: Emerging Discontent and Volatility in Africa

June 30, 2011

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On Africa’s New Dawn: From Premature Exuberance to Tempered Optimism

June 7, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

Creating and Sustaining Democracy in the Middle East: Constitution and Governance Building

May 2, 2011

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Preventing Nuclear Meltdown: Assessing Regulatory Failure in Japan and the United States

April 1, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

Amid Global Crises, Can Obama Make a Real Impact in Latin America?

March 18, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

Japan’s Triple Disaster: Governance and the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crises

March 16, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

President Obama's Visit to Latin America

March 16, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas, Kevin Casas-Zamora, Daniel Kaufmann, Diana Villiers Negroponte and Carlos Pereira

Qaddafi's Corrupt Influence in the U.S.: International State Capture?

March 7, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

@ Brookings Podcast: Corrupt Governance and Middle East Unrest

March 4, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

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Libya's Startling Failure: Unforeseen or Ignored?

February 25, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

Tunisia, Egypt and Beyond: Fewer Predictions, More Data and Aid Reform Needed

February 2, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann, Selsah Pasali and Veronika Penciakova

Opening Up: Aid Information, Transparency and U.S. Foreign Assistance Reform

December 9, 2010

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Lives in the Balance: Improving Accountability for Public Spending in Developing Nations

November 8, 2010

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The Riveting Rescue of 33 Chilean Miners: An Act of People, Leaders and Good Governance

October 13, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

"[Chile] has been among the top rated emerging economies of the world in terms of its quality of governance."

October 13, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann, The Chilean Miners Rescue: An Act of People, Leaders and Good Governance