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Leadership for ethical conduct of Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Nigeria and the challenge of ‘Miracle Examination Centres’ (2023)
Journal Article
Agwu, P., Orjiakor, C. T., Odii, A., Onalu, C., Nzeadibe, C., Roy, P., Onwujekwe, O., & Okoye, U. (2024). Leadership for ethical conduct of Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Nigeria and the challenge of ‘Miracle Examination Centres’. Oxford Review of Education, 50(3), 349-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2023.2229548

The importance placed on passing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in Nigeria has led to the emergence of ‘Miracle Examination Centres’ (MECs). MECs are schools where candidates get undeserving excellent SSCE results through ins... Read More about Leadership for ethical conduct of Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Nigeria and the challenge of ‘Miracle Examination Centres’.

Breaking the cycle of corruption in Nigeria's electricity sector: Off-grid solutions for local enterprises (2023)
Journal Article
Roy, P., Watkins, M., Iwuamadi, C. K., & Ibrahim, J. (2023). Breaking the cycle of corruption in Nigeria's electricity sector: Off-grid solutions for local enterprises. Energy Research & Social Science, 101, Article 103130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103130

Access to electricity is a major constraint to economic growth in Nigeria. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are arguably the segment of the Nigerian economy most disadvantaged by a lack of access to reliable power. Due to the failure of grid-based... Read More about Breaking the cycle of corruption in Nigeria's electricity sector: Off-grid solutions for local enterprises.

The Promise of Grassroots Approaches to Solving Absenteeism in Primary Health-Care Facilities in Nigeria: Evidence from a Qualitative Study (2023)
Journal Article
Onwujekwe, O., Agwu, P., Roy, P., Hutchinson, E., Orjiakor, C. T., McKee, M., Odii, A., Nwokolo, C., Khan, M., Mayhew, S. H., & Balabanova, D. (2023). The Promise of Grassroots Approaches to Solving Absenteeism in Primary Health-Care Facilities in Nigeria: Evidence from a Qualitative Study. Health Systems & Reform, 9(1), Article 2199515. https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2023.2199515

Absenteeism among primary health-care (PHC) workers in Nigeria is widespread and is a major obstacle to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). There is increasing research on the forms it takes and what drives them, but limited evidence on how to... Read More about The Promise of Grassroots Approaches to Solving Absenteeism in Primary Health-Care Facilities in Nigeria: Evidence from a Qualitative Study.

Designing feasible anti-corruption strategies in the Nigerian health system: A latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment (2023)
Journal Article
Angell, B., Onwujekwe, O., Roy, P., Nwokolo, C., McKee, M., Mandeville, K., Obodoechi, D., Agwu, P., Odii, A., Orjiakor, C. T., Hutchinson, E., & Balabanova, D. (2023). Designing feasible anti-corruption strategies in the Nigerian health system: A latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment. World Development, 166, Article 106208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106208

Health worker absenteeism is a major form of corruption in the Nigerian health system, reducing the impact of healthcare investment and disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities. Top-down governance and accountability measures to improve at... Read More about Designing feasible anti-corruption strategies in the Nigerian health system: A latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment.

The Role of the Executive Head in Inter-Governmental Organisations: In Search of Agency: The Cases of the UNECE and the OECD (2023)
Thesis
Mikkelsen, J. F. The Role of the Executive Head in Inter-Governmental Organisations: In Search of Agency: The Cases of the UNECE and the OECD. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis seeks new insight into the role of the executive heads of inter-governmental organisations, particularly the nexus of the relationships with the political world of member states, non-member states, and other multilateral actors, and the i... Read More about The Role of the Executive Head in Inter-Governmental Organisations: In Search of Agency: The Cases of the UNECE and the OECD.