Corruption
- Curbing Asian corruption: an impossible dream?
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This paper asserts that corruption in Asia can be minimised only if political leaders are willing to impartially implement effective anticorruption strategies. These include paying civil servants adequate salaries, reducing opportunities for corruption in wet agencies by cutting red tape and unnecessary regulation, improving the supervision of civil servants in vulnerable positions, and increasing the probability of detecting and punishing corrupt individuals.
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- An introductory guide to understanding and fighting corruption
- ( V. Kodongo (ed) / Africa Youth Trust , 2009)
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What impact can Kenya’s youth have on corruption? This guide aims to bring together a unified understanding of what corruption is and takes a look at measures to fight it. In this publication...
Reforming wildlife governance through non-governmental actors
- ( U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre , 2009)
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This brief looks at the role corruption plays in structuring wildlife governance systems in Africa by comparing the differing governance structures which have elicited variant economic and ecologic...
Is Yemen in danger of becoming a 'failed state'?
- ( G. Hill / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2008)
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Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently ...
- Is Chinese demand for oil undermining governance efforts in Africa?
- ( C. Alden;A.C. Alves / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2009)
- China’s three decades of unbroken growth have transformed it from an economic backwater to the world’s third largest economy. This has fuelled an ever-expanding demand for energy and new m...
- Local alternatives to international corruption survyes
- ( A. Hakobyan;M. Wolkers / Transparency International , 2004)
- This paper presents the results of a mapping exercise which assessed how national and local tools could provide a counterweight to international corruption surveys (risk assessments, perception indice...
- Conducting social audits on the Kenyan Constituency Development Fund
- ( W. Gikonyo / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability , 2009)
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A social audit seeks to evaluate how well public resources are being used and how to improve performance and aims to ensure maximum community participation in this process. The Constituency De...
- Assessing corruption in transition countries
- ( S. Knack / World Bank , 2006)
- This paper assesses corruption levels and trends among countries in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) based on data from several sources that are both widely used and c...
- Assessing the impact of corruption by customs officials on trade
- ( P. Dutt;D. Traca / INSEAD , 2007)
- This paper examines the theory and evidence of the role of corruption as a barrier to trade, highlighting the interaction with nominal tariffs. It assesses the effect of corruption by customs official...
- Can corruption be measured?
- ( D. Kaufmann;A. Kraay;M. Mastruzzi / World Bank , 2006)
- Progress in fighting corruption on all fronts requires measurement of corruption itself. This recognition has renewed interest in the World Bank, and among aid donors, aid recipients, investors, and c...
- Identifying the most effective anti-corruption strategies in Asia-Pacific
- ( J.S.T. Quah / International Public Management Review , 2009)
- This paper reviews the literature on corruption to identify the major strategies adopted by the Asia-Pacific countries to combat corruption. The three patterns that emerge are:...
