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  • Robbed: an investigation of corruption in Philippine education

    The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) provides a classic case of corruption in the Philippines. Nearly all forms of corruption described in academic texts can be found in the department: from low-level bureaucratic corruption to high...

    Chua, Yvonne T.

    Quezon City (Philippines), PCIJ, 1999

  • No longer business as usual: fighting bribery and corruption

    Not so long ago, bribing public officials in foreign countries to obtain business deals was, if not an acceptable, at least a tolerated business practice in many OECD countries. In the new millenium, the OECD and associated governments, which account...

    OECD

    Paris, OECD, 2000

  • Newspaper

    Paige to tackle fraud at education dept

    USA

    Press

    Stephen Burd Burd - Chronicle of Higher Education

    At a Congressional hearing in April, the department's inspector general revealed that the agency has lost track of at least $450-million in the past three years. Much of the money was lost in duplicate payments to grant recipients, states, and contractors. But some of it, she said, was stolen or improperly spent by department employees and contractors.

  • Explaining leakage of public funds

    Using panel data from a unique survey of public primary schools in Uganda, Reinikka and Svensson assess the degree of leakage of public funds in education. The survey data reveal that on average, during the period 1991-95, schools received only 13...

    Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob

    Washington, World Bank, 2001

  • Newspaper

    Sheikhupura: corruption in education dept

    Pakistan

    Press

    Rana Sarwar - Dawn

    Corruption in the local education department is going without pause despite several warnings by the in charge of army monitoring cell. Higher officials and clerks were found guilty after an inquiry into embezzlement of billions of rupees a year ago. They were transferred and then appointed again on key posts somewhere else.

  • Utstein partners' anti-corruption strategies: comparative analysis

    This presentation of the Utstein anti-corruption policies is based on a study of available documentation, and seeks to present policies and strategies in a comparative framework. The presentation, however, does not review progress in terms of the...

    Hellan, Johan

    2002

  • Survey tools for assessing performance in service delivery

    This chapter explains how micro surveys can be used to measure performance in service delivery. It introduces two new survey tools - the public expenditure tracking survey and the quantitative service delivery survey-and summarizes why, where, and...

    Dehn, Jan, Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob

    Washington D.C., World Bank, 2003

  • Survey techniques to measure and explain corruption

    This paper demonstrates that with appropriate survey methods and interview techniques, it is possible to collect quantitative micro-level data on corruption. Public expenditure tracking surveys, service provider surveys, and enterprise surveys are...

    Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob

    Washington, D.C., World Bank, 2003

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