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This paper discusses reform required at the institutional level for a successful anti-corruption campaign including establishing the necessary mechanisms, providing safeguards, and training for officials and the public. The paper will also discuss...
Pilapitiya, Thusitha
Alexandria, VA, Casals and Associates, 2008
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The secondary schools bursary scheme was introduced by the Government in the 1993/1994 financial year to enhance access, ensure retention, and reduce disparities and inequalities in the provision of secondary school education. In particular, the...
Oyugi, Lineth N., Riechi, Andrew R., Anupi, Evelyn
Nairobi, IPAR, 2008
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The Open Budget Survey 2008, a comprehensive evaluation of budget transparency in 85 countries, finds that the state of budget transparency around the world is deplorable. This encourages inappropriate, wasteful, and corrupt spending and-because it...
International Budget Partnership
Washington, D.C., International Budget Partnership, 2008
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In the past decade, accountability has become a major concern in most parts of the world. Governments, parliaments and society at large are increasingly asking universities to justify the use of public resources and account more thoroughly for their...
Salmi, Jamil
Paris, OECD, 2008
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This toolkit follows the transfer of public funds from central to local governments until they reach users such as schools and clinics. It explains how a public expenditure tracking system operates and how it can benefit marginalized groups. With...
Hakikazi Catalyst, REPOA, TGNP
Tanzania, LGWG, 2008
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This report describes research on the problem of corruption in humanitarian assistance, carried out in 2007 and 2008 by the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University (FIC) in collaboration with the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the...
Maxwell, Daniel, Walker, Peter, Church, Cheyanne, Harvey, Paul, Savage, Kevin, Bailey, Sarah, Hees, Roslyn, Ahlendorf, Marie Luise
Berlin, Transparency International (TI), 2008
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Corruption is increasingly being challenged as unacceptable across Asia and the Pacific. This Report shows how why eliminating corruption that plagues people's daily lives must become a priority. The police, social services, and environment are areas...
Asia-Pacific Human Development Report Unit
New Delhi, Macmillan Publishers, 2008
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How best to combat coruption? Who should take action?What form should the fight take? This research contributes to a better understanding of corruption control - specifically street-level corruption in weak states - by examining teacher corruption in...
Johnson, Eric M.
United States of America, Colombia University, 2008
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This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political...
Kaufmann, Daniel, Kraay, Aart, Mastruzzi, Massimo
Washington D.C., World Bank, 2008
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Launched in 2005 as a part of the regional consultations on the theme for the Asia Pacific HDR (APHDR) Trade on Human Terms, the Network was re-invigorated, following the UNDP Management Board's decision to focus on corruption as the next APHDR...
UNDP
Colombo, Human Development Report Unit, 2008