Latin America and the Carribbeans

Latin America and the Carribbeans


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Does Exposing Corrupt Politicians Reduce Corruption? Reputation and Accountability in Local Governments The paper examines whether the disclosure of information about corruption practices induce a sustained reduction in corruption levels. The authors attempts to answer the question using publicly-available routine audit reports in Puerto Rico. The goverment has established a mechanism to routinely conduct municipal government audits, whose findings are then made publicly available and disseminated to media sources. Using a longitudinal dataset of corrupt violations constructed from the audit reports during the period 1987-2006, the authors compare the subsequent term governments’ levels of reported corruption for municipalities audited at different points in time around an election. The pre-election release of the audit reports led to significant shortterm reductions in municipal corruption levels and an increase in incumbent mayors’ electoral accountability. However, municipal corruption levels in the subsequent term are higher in municipalities audited preceding the previous election and these are concentrated among municipalities shown to have refrained from rent-seeking activities in the first audit. These findings are consistent with a political agency model of reputation dynamics in which, in equilibrium, rent-seeking is increasing in the incumbent’s reputation. Read More...
Posted by Yujin Jeong at Jul 08, 2010 10:48 AM |
Categories: Political Corruption, Latin America and the Carribbeans, Audit, Empirical Data Analysis, Single Country Analysis, Private Sector (General)
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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 Farzana Nawaz 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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