Public sector & corruption
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- The limitations of public accountability in Malaysia
- ( N. A. Siddiquee / International Public Management Review , 2006)
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Public accountability has become difficult to ensure. There are a variety of factors, often rooted in the politico-bureaucratic institutions that render accountability mechanisms largely ineffectiv...
- Assessing corruption in Indonesia
- ( T. Rinaldi;M. Purnomo;D. Damayanti / World Bank Research , 2007)
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A year after regional autonomy entered into force in 2001, a wave of corruption cases swept across Indonesia’s newly empowered regional parliaments. The disclosure of corruption cases on this...
- Vicious cycle of poverty and corruption
- ( M. Razafindrakoto;R. Roubaud / Afrobarometer , 2007)
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This paper explores direct effects of corruption on the poor. Based on an analysis of data from comparable household surveys conducted in 18 sub-Saharan African countries, the paper shows that pove...
- How to deal with corruption in fiscal decentralisation reforms?
- ( I. Kolstad;O. Fjeldstad / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2006)
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A frequently used argument for fiscal decentralisation is that it increases accountability in raising and spending public funds. At the same time, there are concerns that it may lead to decent...
- What are the costs of corruption in China?
- ( M. Pei / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2007)
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Failure to contain endemic corruption among Chinese officials poses one of the most serious threats to the nation’s future economic and political stability. This paper documents the economic ...
- Can Asian corruption be brought under control?
- ( J. S. T. Quah / Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University , 2006)
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The rise of Asia is regarded in most of the world as primarily an economic phenomenon. Many Asian economies have consistently registered growth rates greatly exceeding the global average. Yet corru...
- Seven briefs on international anti-corruption protocols
- ( Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit , 2007)
- Anti-corruption measures have emerged as a major pillar of the good governance agenda. This set of seven factsheets highlights a variety of issues and various anti-corruption protocols with implicatio...
- Further reforms are needed to ensure an independent judiciary in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco
- ( I. Shalhoub;K. Henderson / International Foundation for Election Systems , 2007)
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These four Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries were selected for this report on the basis of having implemented judicial reforms aimed at establishing an independent judiciary. Howeve...
- South African police anti-corruption plan
- ( A. Faull / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2007)
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Police corruption is rampant in South Africa yet the issue remains poorly researched. This paper discusses what is known about the state of corruption in the South African Police Service (SAPS...
- Can performance management systems help to combat corruption?
- ( S.A. Fritzen / Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University of Singapore , 2007)
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Increasingly, performance management systems are being used by a range of organisations. This paper explores the use of performance management in the context of large public-sector a...
