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While corruption is an ancient problem, it has had variegated incidence at different times in different places, with varying degrees to damaging consequences. While the tenacity with which it tends to persist in some cases easily leads to despair and...
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Government should promote sustainable human development in ways that reduce disparities in income, well-being, education and opportunity among all people today - while keeping the best interests of future generations in minds. This UNDP discussion...
UNDP. Management Development and Governance Division, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
New York (USA), UNDP, 1997
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This paper focuses exclusively on corrupt public practices - illegal activities that reduce the economical efficiency of governments. It lists a number of possible causes and consequences of corruption, derived from review of recent empirical studies...
Mauro, Paolo
Washington, D.C., IMF, 1997
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This booklet introduces the reader to the tools of functional analysis - management audit - applicable to the organisational specificies of national education ministries. The audit is a critical analysis, aimed at identifying what works, and what...
Sack, Richard, Saïdi, Mahieddine
Paris, UNESCO, 1997
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This paper sets out a framework within which the problem of corruption may be analysed in any specific country. Firstly, it considers the investigation of the determinants of corruption, emphasising the environment in which corruption evolves - and...
Goudie, Andrew W., Stasavage, David
Paris, OECD, 1997
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This project consists of the first systematic opinion survey of local-level corruption led in Bangladesh, which identified the nature and extent of public concern in seven sectors, including law enforcement, the justice system, education, land...
Transparency International (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh, TI, 1997
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The IMF has long provided advice and technical assistance that has helped to foster good governance, such as promoting public sector transparency and accountability. The Guidance Note reprinted in this pamphlet reflects the strong consensus among...
International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C., IMF, 1997
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Partout dans le monde, l'état est sur la sellette. Les profonds changements qu'a subis l'économie mondiale amènent à reconsidérer plusieurs questions fondamentales : qu'est-ce que l'État doit, peut et ne peut pas faire - et quelle est la meilleure...
Chhibber, Ajay, Commander, Simon John, Evans, Alison Margaret, Fuhr, Harald L, Kane, Cheikh T, Leechor, Chad, Levy, Brian David, Pradhan, Sanjay, Weder, Beatrice Silva
New York, Oxford University Press, 1997
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The underground or 'black economy' has been a source for considerable concern to Indian public policy analysts since the mid-1960s. In this article, authors argue that the black economy played a critical role in the softening of the government budget...
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In this chapter, Greaney and Kellaghan examine the extent to which procedures to standardise the conditions under which examinations are prepared, administered and scored are observed or violated. They show that the range of individuals involved in...
Greany, Vincent, Kellaghan, Thomas
New York (USA), Wiley, 1996