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The underground or 'black economy' has been a source for considerable concern to Indian public policy analysts since the mid-1960s. In this article, authors argue that the black economy played a critical role in the softening of the government budget...
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In this chapter, Greaney and Kellaghan examine the extent to which procedures to standardise the conditions under which examinations are prepared, administered and scored are observed or violated. They show that the range of individuals involved in...
Greany, Vincent, Kellaghan, Thomas
New York (USA), Wiley, 1996
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This paper analyses a newly assembled data set consisting of subjective indices of corruption, the amount of red tape, the efficiency of the judicial system, and various categories of political stability for a cross section of countries. Corruption...
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Public examinations in developing countries play a critical role in the selection of students for participation in the educational system. The exams dictate what is taught, how it is taught, and what is and is not learned. They are academic, have...
Greaney, Vincent, Kellaghan, Thomas
Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1995
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Recent studies have shown that one of the most important and effective ways to ensure that public servants act ethically is through education. Although education alone does not guarantee ethical behaviour, it eliminates some of the more obvious...
Berlinsky, Uzy, Friedberg, Asher, Werner, Simcha
Jerusalem, Chen Press (Moshe), 1994
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The practice whereby some public money is illicitly diverted for private gain is present to some degree in all societies. Developing countries' particular circumstances - rapid economic and social change, strong kinship and ethnic ties, new...
Gould, David J., Amaro Reyes, José A.
Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1983