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    Corruption threatens China’s future

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007
    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 cost of corruption and China.
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    Troubled transitions: the politics of social harmony in China

    Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2007
    This briefing paper examines the nature of China’s transitional period and discusses the politics of social harmony. It particularly proposes a set of evaluative criteria against which China's responsiveness to mounting social pressures can be judged.
  • Organisation

    Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue

    JCPP seeks to address the growing need for an ongoing process of dialogue by conducting in-depth research on issues of critical national and regional interests, publishing studies and disseminating
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    Curbing Asian corruption: an impossible dream?

    Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, 2006
    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 corruption remains a problem throughout the region, significantly cramping the extent and potential of Asia’s “rise”.
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    Spending limits as a policy option

    International Foundation for Electoral Systems, 2007
    This paper addresses the current public dissatisfaction with democracy in relation to the role played by money in politics. It particularly looks at concerns that the current financing of politics may be violating the basic democratic values of equal opportunity, transparency and accountability.
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    Revisiting the constitution: a case for parliamentary system in central Asia.

    School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2006
    This paper summarises the debate over presidential vs. parliamentary systems and provides a brief background of regimes in Central Asia. It also describes institutional constraints of the current presidential systems and presents the case for switching to a parliamentary system before assessing the likelihood of such a change.
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    Voice for accountability: citizens, the state and realistic governance

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    The relationship between voice and accountability is central to the debate on how good governance can be operationalised in practice. Linking ‘voice’ and ‘accountability’ can only be meaningful when citizens have the knowledge and power to make demands, and those in positions of power have the capacity and will to respond.
  • Organisation

    Global Transparency Initiative (GTI)

    The Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) is a network of civil society organisations promoting openness in the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank, the IMF, the Europea
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    Transparency at the IMF: a guide for civil society on getting access to information from the IMF

    Global Transparency Initiative, 2007
    This guide outlines how civil society organisations can use the information published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to hold their governments accountable for decisions made on economic policies. These are often constrained by the decisions of the IMF.
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    Development as accountability: accountability innovators in action

    AccountAbility, 2007
    Accountability is still seen largely as a toolbox of metrics and mechanisms to bolt on to existing development projects, designed to reduce corruption and inefficiency at the margin. This report argues that accountability should become the central goal of development.

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