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Contextual Choices in Fighting Corruption: Lessons Learned In spite of over 15 years of donor efforts against corruption, the evidence of progress are few and far between. In this thought-provoking study commissioned by NORAD the authors analyse the reasons behind the slow progress and synthesis the lessons learned. They also point out a few concrete policy recommendations for donors, which include soliciting broad-based citizen participation in anti-corruption efforts and increasing access to information. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Oct 15, 2011 11:00 PM |
Categories: Civil Society, Developement Assistance, Global, Access to Information, Citizen Initiatives, Conventions, New Media, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Corruption and International Security The paper discusses the links between terrorist groups, organised crime, and corruption and how these links threaten global security. Consequently, it suggests that in order to properly combat terrorism and organised crime, corruption must be confronted and curbed. Often, these groups seek out weak countries to establish bases to operate from, and this creates a rift between countries that are used as havens (including financial haven countries) and those that are not. The focus should be on countries where personal loyalty supersedes civic duty or where the judicial system, police force, and or other security forces have been infiltrated by these groups. Finally, while government reforms are important, the most effective tactic in reducing corruption lately has tended to be the “name and shame” campaigns by the media. These tactics should continue to grow stronger and more plentiful if terrorism and organised crime are to be reduced. Read More...
Posted by Andrew P Guth at Aug 17, 2011 02:49 PM |
Categories: Human Rights, Judiciary, Money Laundering, Organised Crime, Political Corruption, Security, Transition Countries, Global, Access to Information, Investigative Journalism, New Media, International Analysis, Defence, Financial Markets
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Using ICTs to Create a Culture of Transparency: E-government and Social Media as Openness and Anti-corruption Tools for Societies Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are seen by many as a cost-effective and convenient means to promote openness and transparency and to reduce corruption. E-government, in particular, has been used in many prominent, comprehensive transparency efforts in a number of nations. While some of these individual efforts have received considerable attention, the issue of whether these ICT-enabled efforts have the potential to create a substantive social change in attitudes toward transparency has not been widely considered. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Jan 31, 2011 01:00 AM |
Categories: E-Government, Access to Information, New Media, Qualitative Analysis
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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 Farzana Nawaz at Jan 31, 2012 05:10 PM |
Categories: Human Rights, Media, Political Corruption, Poverty, Access to Information, Anti-Corruption Institutions, New Media, Empirical Data Analysis, Private Sector (General)
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