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Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy (2024)
Thesis
Rosier, K. Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Assuming creditor countries that engage in debt diplomacy are seeking to reestablish equilibrium in a debtor country’s balance of payments via debt diplomacy, this paper seeks to understand the independent variables and conditions against which Weste... Read More about Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy.

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. (in press). 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. (in press). 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.

Absenteeism in primary health centres in Nigeria: leveraging power, politics and kinship (2022)
Journal Article
Odii, A., Onwujekwe, O., Hutchinson, E., Agwu, P., Orjiakor, C. T., Ogbozor, P., Roy, P., McKee, M., & Balabanova, D. (2022). Absenteeism in primary health centres in Nigeria: leveraging power, politics and kinship. BMJ Global Health, 7(12), Article e010542. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010542

Background: Primary health centres (PHCs) in Nigeria suffer critical shortages of health workers, aggravated by chronic absenteeism that has been attributed to insufficient resources to govern the system and adequately meet their welfare needs. Howev... Read More about Absenteeism in primary health centres in Nigeria: leveraging power, politics and kinship.

Challenge of Inclusive Federalism in Nepal: A Political Settlements Analysis of Madhesh Province (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Khan, M., Roy, P., Prasai, S., Acharya, A., Karna, A., & Neupane, S. Challenge of Inclusive Federalism in Nepal: A Political Settlements Analysis of Madhesh Province. London ; Lalitpur

Nepal’s federal constitution marked the end of a long conflict. Despite its limitations, it is hugely successful in one respect: peace has endured. The political settlements framework looks at how changes in the distribution of power in the years pre... Read More about Challenge of Inclusive Federalism in Nepal: A Political Settlements Analysis of Madhesh Province.