The delivery of operational clean energy projects at scales is essential for addressing
climate change. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCUS) is among the most important …

Infrastructures have proven to be useful focal points for understanding social phenomena.
The projects of concern in this literature are often considered complete or, if not, their …

Transparency International estimates that the costs of corruption in public procurement
reach between 20 and 25% of the contract value, sometimes reaching 40–50%. In this study …

Purpose The non-achievement of projects of best value remains a perennial problem within
the construction industry. This paper aims to identify the latent shortcomings affecting the …

In theory, granting politicians tools to oversee bureaucrats can reduce administrative
malfeasance. In contrast, I argue that the political control of bureaucrats can increase …

Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for
domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has …

There is a broad consensus that state capacity is central to economic and institutional
development. But while the concept originated as a tool for macro-historical and …

Government programs often fail on the ground because of poor implementation by local
bureaucrats. Prominent explanations for poor implementation emphasize bureaucratic rent …

Two aspects of contemporary urban life in Africa are often described as sources of political
change: the emergence of a large urban middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity and …

Digital climate services can support agricultural management decisions under uncertain
climatological conditions and may contribute to achieving the ambitions of the fourth …