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Ethical debate around development aid has gradually grown and diversified, and a field that spans some aspects of policy, organizational and personal practice has partly emerged. After characterizing this trend, the paper considers the following: the...
Gasper, Des
The Hague, ISS, 1999
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The author reviews the overwhelming statistical evidence that countries with high levels of corruption experience poor economic performance. Corruption hinders economic development by reducing domestic investment, discouraging foreign direct...
Wei, Shang-Jin
Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 1999
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This handbook presents a framework to assist USAID missions develop strategic responses to public corruption. The framework sets out root causes of corruption, identifies a range of institutional and societal reforms to address them, and introduces a...
Swain, Diana, Dininio, P.
Washington, USAID, 1999
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This volume describes the results of a Regional Conference of Transparency International representatives, held in Bratislava, in April 1999. It is structured into three main parts. Firstly, the Declaration for Municipal Reform, set by the...
Gole, Juliet S.
Budapest, LGI, 1999
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Data that can be used to inform policy decisions are typically scarce in low-income countries, where standard policy prescriptions are less likely to apply. But if strategically designed, a survey can help induce policy change by pointing directly to...
Reinikka, Ritva
Washington, World Bank, 1999
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Many developing countries, and indeed a significant number of developed countries, need a practical strategy to launch future education and prevention programmes against corruption and economic crime. This article offers constructive advice on how to...
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A successful anti-corruption strategy must have a free press to voice public opinion and report cases of corruption, an effective and politically neutral mechanism to investigate and prosecute corruption, and a reliable judicial process to punish...
Landell-Mills, Pierre
Washington, World Bank, 1999
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After little more than a year, public education reform continues in the western Ukrainian cities of Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk, spurred on by important community initiatives. The People's Voice Project (PVP), sponsored by the World Bank and the...
Yereniuk, Roman, Ruda, Oksana
Kiev, ICPS, 1999
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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
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This paper comparatively analyses legislative ethics, focusing on: the role of the legislature in combating corruption, the need for effective ethics regime; codes of conduct; ethics rules and financial disclosure requirements; enforcement and...
National democratic institute for international affairs (USA)
Washington, NDI, 1999