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Can Brazil's Electoral System Learn from South Africa's Mistakes?

April 6, 2011, Marcus Andre Melo and Carlos Pereira

Nationalization of the Zimbabwe Mining Sector: Another Blunder by the Mugabe Regime?

March 21, 2011, John Mutenyo and Brandon Routman

@ Brookings Podcast: Corrupt Governance and Middle East Unrest

March 4, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

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

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

Foresight Africa: The Continent’s Greatest Challenges and Opportunities for 2011

January 11, 2011

Clean Slate Law: Raising Accountability in Brazil

December 22, 2010, Carlos Pereira and Matthew Taylor

Adaptation amidst Prosperity and Adversity: Insights from Happiness Studies from Around the World

July 2010, Carol Graham

Blowing the Vuvuzela on FIFA’s Governance Challenges: Reforms for Development

July 9, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

African Land Grabbing: Whose Interests Are Served?

June 25, 2010, Ernest Aryeetey and Zenia Lewis

Around the Halls: Vice President Biden Visits Africa

June 7, 2010, Emmanuel Asmah, John Mutenyo, John Page, Ezra Suruma and Olumide Taiwo

Does Bribing 'Pay' for Corporations?

May 10, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Can Corruption Adversely Affect Public Finances in Industrialized Countries?

April 19, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Breaking the Cycle of Crime and Corruption?

April 14, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Transparent Aid for Haiti's Reconstruction: Capture Matters

March 30, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

What Happens in Cancun Shouldn't Stay in Cancun: Toward Transparency at the Inter-American Development Bank

March 19, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Natural Disasters, National Diligence: The Chilean Earthquake in Perspective

March 5, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann and José Tessada

National Disasters Teach Unorthodox Lessons on Governance

March 2, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Rule of Law Matters: Unorthodoxy in Brief

January 21, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Rule of Law Matters: A De Facto Reboot Needed?

January 21, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Confronting the Greater Nigerian Challenge

January 7, 2010, Richard Joseph

The Nigerian Predicament

December 29, 2009, Richard Joseph

Financial Sector Power: Is it Shifting Back to Wall Street?

December 15, 2009, Daniel Kaufmann

International Anti-Corruption Day 2009: Time to Reflect and Reboot

December 9, 2009, Daniel Kaufmann

Corruption Index Today, Election Tomorrow, Aid Revamp the Day After?

November 18, 2009, Daniel Kaufmann

Obama's Kenya: A Potential Political Minefield

November 3, 2009, Mwangi S. Kimenyi