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  • Corruption, grabbing and development

    All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of `grabbing'. This unique volume addresses how grabbing hinders...

    Søreide, Tina, Williams, Aled

    Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar, 2014

  • Building effective teacher salary systems in fragile and conflict-affected states

    This report from the Center for Universal Education at Brookings gives practitioners-including governments, donors, United Nations agencies, and civil-society organisations a clear framework for assessing teacher salary systems in fragile and...

    Dolan, Janice, Golden, April, Ndaruhutse, Susy, Winthrop, Rebecca

    Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution, 2012

  • The Corruption of ethics in higher education

    Universities can be corrupt through the abuse of authority for both personal and material gain. In order to reduce corruption, quality assurance mechanisms might include anti-corruption evidence as a criterion for accreditation. Another implication...

    Heyneman, Stephen P.

    2011

  • Newspaper

    Recession boosts donor transparency

    Press

    - IRIN

    The global financial crisis has catalyzed increasing transparency and accountability regarding public finances, say aid experts, which has helped open up disclosures on aid-giving.

  • Preventing corruption in humanitarian operations: a handbook of good practices

    Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Operations: A Handbook of Good Practices is a timely, practical guide to help aid organisations deal with corruption in day-to-day operations. When people donate money to aid agencies they expect it to reach...

    Transparency International

    Berlin, Transparency International, 2010

  • Anti-corruption approaches: a literature review

    As part of the preparation of a joint evaluation of anti-corruption efforts, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida), the Swedish Agency for Development Evaluation (SADEV), the Swedish International...

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

    Oslo, NORAD, 2009

  • Approaches to teaching and learning about corruption in the health sector

    Training and education programmes which deal with the topic of corruption and health can help change the way people approach their jobs as public administrators or development agency workers, and increase transparency and accountability. This U4...

    Vian, Taryn

    Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2009

  • Newspaper

    Transparency International's 2008 CPI: persistently high corruption in low-income countries amounts to an "ongoing humanitarian disaster"

    Press

    - DG Communities

    Transparency International's 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) highlights the fatal link between poverty, failed institutions and graft. But other notable backsliders in the 2008 CPI indicate that the strength of oversight mechanisms is also at risk among the wealthiest. In low-income countries, rampant corruption jeopardizes the global fight against poverty, threatening to derail the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). According to TI's 2008 Global Corruption Report, unchecked levels of corruption would add US $50 billion (€35 billion) - or nearly half of annual global aid outlays – to the cost of achieving the MDG on water and sanitation.

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