This book assembles the papers presented during the joint ADB/OECD Conference on Combating Corruption in the Asian and Pacific region, held in Seoul, Korea in December 2000.The Seoul conference identified priorities for a successful fight against...

This report summarizes the responses of Bangladeshi Class I (highest level) public sector officials to a survey seeking opinions on a number of civil service issues, from personnel management practices to rewards and disciplinary actions, and from...

Public procurement provides the main interface between the public and private sectors and is recognised as a major source of corruption. In recent years, tendering organisations have developed a raft of anti-corruption initiatives including those...

The question of ethics has emerged as a major theme in government and public management. It reflects a critical assessment of the impact of market-inspired reforms on the public sector during the past two decades and the emergence of a new...

The overall aim of the project is to assist African governments to introduce or upgrade policies and programmes to improve the management of ethics and conduct in their public services. The final report, which will serve decision-makers and public...

This is the final report of a governance diagnostic study undertaken by the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia, with the assistance of the World Bank. The study consisted of two parts: the commissioning of 13 research papers on different...

Asked if they like primary school, the children who manage to get there usually say "yes". But their eyes darken as they start to talk about the "daily demand for money for invisible things" in exchange for an education.CIET social audits of Primary...

Corruption ranks, together with effective democratic representation, as the most important problem facing local governments. The challenge facing local governments is to develop innovative ways of building effective, accountable, and transparent...

This book is in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It is addressed to policymakers, practitioners, and others in developing as well as industrial countries. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market...

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...