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During recent years an increasing number of donors and other organisations working in the international development cooperation sector have drawn up policies and strategies to combat corruption in developing countries. The aim of this study is to...

Corruption in the education sector of developing countries is a widely observed phenomenon, yet research and discussion on the subject has intensified only recently. This paper reviews the general discussion taking place about the issue in the...

Corporate scandals and failures as well as broader economic concerns have driven OECD countries to devote increased attention to corporate governance which is now recognized as a vital factor in economic growth and financial stability. Countries...

Numerous empirical studies demonstrate that corruption reduces investment and/or slows growth. But how robust are these relationships? In this paper, this question is answered through a series of cross-country regression tests using four different...

NGOs, development organizations, and governments alike now universally refer to corruption - no longer a taboo subject - as a developmental problem. As the awareness-raising phase of the 1990s subsides, the focus is shifting to implementation of...

The RESPECT guidelines are intended to form the basis of a voluntary code of practice covering the conduct of socio-economic research in Europe. Carrying out socio-economic research in a professional and ethical manner involves balancing a number of...

This toolkit from Transparency International, published in December 2004, includes examples of youth education experiences from 11 countries. Education is central to preventing corruption, and thus young people, as the potential leaders of tomorrow...

La Comisión Intersecretarial para la Transparencia y el Combate a la Corrupción (CITCC), es una instancia encargada, a través de la Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Intersecretarial (SECI), de coordinar las políticas y acciones para prevenir...

De nombreux observateurs ont noté l'existence d'une large corruption dans l'enseignement supérieur des états de l'ex-Union soviétique. Les preuves empiriques de cette situation sont cependant rares. Cet article examine quelques approches théoriques...

This paper investigates the correlates of student performance in mathematics and dictation tests among schoolchildren in Indonesia. This is the first such study to use a new nationally representative sample of Indonesian primary-school students. Our...