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Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government: Content, Scope and Standardisation According to Transparency International, "disclosure is to politics what financial statements are to business". How effective is the financial disclosure regime in South Africa, and what can be done to strengthen this potentially powerful tool? This policy brief is produced by the Governance and Corruption Division of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). It is an output of a project which aims to manage and detect conflicts of interest in public life, thereby promoting transparency and accountability in South Africa. Read More...
Posted by Shireen at Apr 16, 2012 12:00 AM |
Categories: Civil Society, Local Government, Political Corruption, Public Financial Management, Africa, Access to Information, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Single Country Analysis, Private Sector (General)
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Kenya City Integrity Report The Kenya City Integrity Report is a bottom-up scorecard of transparency, anti-corruption and accountability efforts in Kenya’s three largest cities – Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi. The project is one of the first attempts to comprehensively assess good governance and anti-corruption mechanisms at the city level in Kenya. The report provides empirical assessment of areas such as - information transparency, elections, government conflicts of interest safeguards & checks and balances, fiscal and budgetary management, and public administration and business regulation. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Nov 23, 2011 12:49 PM |
Categories: Elections, Local Government, Media, Political Corruption, Procurement, Public Financial Management, Africa, Access to Information, Anti-Corruption Laws, Audit, Law Enforcement, Empirical Data Analysis, Single Country Analysis
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Empowerment, Corruption, Hoarding, Economic Chaos and Political Demise in Sudan This article deals with the role of corruption in the economic future of the newly formed nation of South Sudan. The author argues that corruption and capture of crucial state and market institutions has left South Sudan extremely vulnerable and predicts devastating consequences post-secession if reform measures are not undertaken immediately. Please note that the original article is written in Arabic. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Jun 08, 2011 12:20 PM |
Categories: Post-conflict, Poverty, Public Financial Management, Transition Countries, Africa, Single Country Analysis, Extractives
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2011 Ibrahim Index of African Governance the Ibrahim Index is the most comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country. It compiles 86 indicators grouped into 14 sub-categories and four overarching categories to measure the effective delivery of public goods and services to African citizens. Topics covered by the index include: Rule of law, accountability, personal safety, participation, gender, human rights, public management, infrastructure, education and health. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Nov 08, 2011 03:42 PM |
Categories: Civil Society, Elections, Environment, Gender, Human Rights, Judiciary, Organised Crime, Political Corruption, Public Financial Management, Security, Service Delivery, Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Anti-Corruption Institutions, Anti-Corruption Laws, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Private Sector (General), Education, Health, Construction
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2011 East Africa Bribery Index The index aims at measuring bribery levels in both the public and private sectors in the five countries in the region - Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. In the 2011 edition, a survey was conducted with almost 13,000 randomly selected respondents in all countries between February and May 2011. The results showed that Burundi continues to be the country with the highest level of bribery (37.9%) in the region, followed by Uganda (33%) and Tanzania (31.6%). Rwanda is the least bribery prone country, with a bribery prevalence of 5.1%. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Nov 08, 2011 03:30 PM |
Categories: Gender, Service Delivery, Africa, Law Enforcement, Empirical Data Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Education, Health, Water
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World Development Indicators 2011 The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources, the World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's flagship statistical publication and establishes the benchmark against which development progress is measured. This 15th edition of WDI in its current format, aims to provide relevant, high-quality, internationally comparable statistics about development and the quality of people’s lives around the globe. It focuses on the impact of the decision to make data freely available under an open license and with better online tools. The section introductions discuss key issues in measuring the economic and social phenomena described in the tables and charts and introduce new sources of data. It includes more than 900 indicators in more than 90 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The data includes national, regional and global estimates. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Jul 12, 2011 02:17 PM |
Categories: Developement Assistance, Environment, Gender, Local Government, Post-conflict, Poverty, Security, Global, Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Carribbean, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, North America, Empirical Data Analysis, Single Country Analysis, International Analysis, Private Sector (General), Education, Health, Extractives, Financial Markets, Forestry, Energy, Water
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Courses (2)
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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Corruption, Conflict and Peacebuilding (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University) This course is a module of Tufts University Graduate Program. It looks at the nexus between conflict, corruption and peace as a cutting-edge issue in post-conflict state building. The course provides a comprehensive grounding in the basics of the corruption literature, reviews current approaches to anti-corruption measures at the policy and practice level, provides insights into how corruption and anti-corruption concepts can be applied to conflict environments. Read More...
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at May 31, 2010 12:50 PM |
Categories: Aid and Humanitarian Assistance, Organised Crime, Political Corruption, Post-conflict, Poverty, Global, Africa, Law Enforcement, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Extractives
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