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New issue of the ACRN Quarterly! Do you want to find out about the latest in corruption research? Check out the new issue of our Anti-Corruption Research Network Quarterly . Read More...
Posted by Cristina Vélez at May 12, 2013 12:00 AM |
Categories: Aid and Humanitarian Assistance, Corporate Governance, Civil Society, Developement Assistance, E-Government, Elections, Environment, Gender, Human Rights, Judiciary, Land Management, Local Government, Media, Money Laundering, Organised Crime, Political Corruption, Post-conflict, Poverty, Procurement, Public Financial Management, Security, Service Delivery, Sports, Transition Countries, Youth, Global, Access to Information, Anti-Corruption Education, Anti-Corruption Institutions, Anti-Corruption Laws, Asset Recovery, Audit, Citizen Initiatives, Conventions, Investigative Journalism, Law Enforcement, New Media, Self-regulation, Whistleblowing, Experimental Research, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Single Country Analysis, Comparative Analysis, International Analysis, Private Sector (General), Education, Health, Construction, Defence, Extractives, Real Estate, Financial Markets, Forestry, Energy, Water
BLOG: Fighting corruption where and when it happens: Ambient accountability In this blog post, Dieter Zinnbauer presents a powerful addition to the accountability toolbox: ambient accountability, the systematic use of physical space and the built environment to empower people to more effectively hold officials and service providers to account. Read More...
Posted by sofia wickberg at Dec 14, 2012 01:31 PM |
Categories: Global, Access to Information, Citizen Initiatives, Experimental Research
Do Political Blogs Matter? Corruption in State-Controlled Companies, Blog Postings, and DDoS Attacks This working paper probes to what extent net-activism can influence corruption behavior in non-democracies. The authors analyse the impact of anti-corruption blog posts on the stock prices of state-controlled firms in Russia. Their research uncovers a negative correlation between stock prices and blog posts both in the short and medium term. Moreover, they provide evidence that the relationship between stock prices and blog posts is causal, using an instrumental variable and placebo tests. Read More...
Posted by Thomas Roca at Nov 09, 2012 01:00 AM |
Categories: Corporate Governance, Civil Society, Judiciary, Media, Political Corruption, Transition Countries, Europe and Central Asia, Access to Information, Citizen Initiatives, New Media, Empirical Data Analysis, Single Country Analysis
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Putting Corruption Out of Business Transparency International carried out a survey of 3,000 business people in 30 diverse countries around the world. The survey was conducted from May-July 2011 and asked business people not just for their views on bribery and corruption, but also on what works to stop corruption in the private sector and what the business community can do to put corruption out of business. An interactive website set up to showcase the findings allows users to compare the data across countries, sectors, gender of respondent and more. Please see link for more details. Read More...
Posted by fnawaz at Oct 12, 2012 05:40 PM |
Categories: Procurement, Global, Access to Information, Empirical Data Analysis, Private Sector (General)
2011 Humanitarian Response Index Since 2007, DARA’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) has provided an independent assessment on how well donor governments apply the GHD Principles with the aim of improving the quality, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of governments’ aid. The HRI 2011 report indicates that government’s humanitarian aid budgets are not being maximised effectively to the detriment of vulnerable populations. The fact that most of the crises analysed were predictable reveals the international community’s inability to address chronic vulnerability by strengthening resilience and increasing capacity for prevention and preparedness, as demonstrated by the famine in the Horn of Africa. The HRI 2011 also found that gender remains more of a political commitment than a practical reality. Read More...
Posted by fnawaz at Mar 13, 2012 05:02 PM |
Categories: Aid and Humanitarian Assistance, Developement Assistance, Gender, Access to Information, Empirical Data Analysis
Global Right to Information Rating The Right to Information (RTI) rating, which covers 89 countries around the world, was developed by Access Info Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy. The central idea behind the RTI Rating is to provide RTI advocates, reformers, legislators and others with a reliable tool for assessing the overall strength of the legal framework in their country for RTI. The Rating also indicates the strengths and weaknesses of the legal framework in seven different categories, namely: Right of Access, Scope, Requesting Procedures, Exceptions and Refusals, Appeals, Sanctions and Protections, and Promotional Measures. There are a total of 61 Indicators, each with a range of possible scores which in most cases is 0-2, for a possible total of 150 points. The Indicators are drawn from a wide range of international standards on the right to information, as well as comparative study of numerous right to information laws from around the world. A standardised scoring tool, based on the Indicators, was developed to ensure that the points under each Indicator were allocated consistently across different countries. The scoring tool was then applied to each of the 89 countries with right to information laws around the world by researchers at CLD and AIE. The analysis shows vast room for improvement: two thirds of countries (64%) scored in the middle range, between 60 and 100 points out of 150. Typical weaknesses were the limited scope, over-broad exceptions regimes, shortcomings in oversight and appeals mechanisms, and lack of legal requirements to promote awareness of the public's right of access to information. Please see link for more details. Read More...
Posted by fnawaz at Jan 10, 2012 04:55 PM |
Categories: Civil Society, Global, Access to Information, Anti-Corruption Laws, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis
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Courses (2)
Corruption, Development, and Good Governance (George Washington University) This course examines corruption from real world as well as scholarly perspectives. It uses case studies, debates, guest lectures, and items from the news to examine how corruption can affect effective governance at the national and international levels and its trade spillovers. It also examines how new technologies and strategies (from cell phones to the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative) can reduce corruption and improve governance. Read More...
Posted by fnawaz at Jan 31, 2012 06:10 PM |
Categories: Human Rights, Media, Political Corruption, Poverty, Access to Information, Anti-Corruption Institutions, New Media, Empirical Data Analysis, Private Sector (General)
Preventing Corruption in Health Programs (Boston University, School of Public Health) This course is designed to provide students with skills for assessing vulnerabilities to corruption in the health sector. It aims to build the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to become an effective advocate for anti-corruption strategies and health system reforms that promote accountability and transparency. Read More...
Posted by fnawaz at May 31, 2010 01:50 PM |
Categories: Human Rights, Political Corruption, Global, Africa, Latin America and the Carribbeans, Asia Pacific, Access to Information, Anti-Corruption Institutions, Anti-Corruption Laws, Qualitative Analysis, Health
 
 
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