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A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge the...

The 2005 Global Corruption Report focuses on corruption in construction and post-conflict reconstruction. It includes expert reports on: post-conflict reconstruction, with a detailed analysis of corruption in Iraq; the mechanisms of corruption in...

Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries of education to schools represent more than 80 per cent of the total sums allocated for non salary expenditures in some countries; bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion...

This publication describes the Scholarships and Grants Program (SIGP), surveys their implementation, assesses their impact, and draws some conclusions and lessons learned. It explores how the design and implementation of SGP/SIGP has led to...

This paper looks at academic fraud in higher education and the means by which it can be addressed for quality assurance. It starts by examining academic fraud today, focusing on the new forms of academic fraud in accreditation and certification...

Este libro incluye dos estudios sobre experiencias de mejoramiento espectacular de la transparencia y del rendemiento de cuenta en el uso de los recursos en educación. Estudio 1: la experiencia en el manejo del personal de la Secretaría de educación...

In October 2000, the US congress passed the International Anticorruption and Good Governance Act. The purpose of this legislation was to promote good governance by helping other countries combat corruption and improve government transparency and...

This paper examines financial aspects of accountability for the use of public funds, that is, fiscal accountability. It explains the growing demand for fiscal accountability, answers the who, for what, to whom and how questions, describes the move...

The success and effectiveness of public sector reforms rest on more effective control over corruption. Within this context, managing various resources of the government and the public sector needs to be revitalized and transformed. At the core of the...

Given the fundamental right to information, governments have a duty to provide access to information. This paper focuses on access to information as fundamental human right and a precondition to transparency and accountability in the public sector...