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Launch: The state of corruption in the Netherlands
Issued by Transparency International Netherlands
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8 practical recommendations against corruption
Issued by Transparency International Greece
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Kosovo: Hopes at “Super-Mechanisms” on Anti-Corruption Fade
Issued by Kosova Democratic Institute
Europe’s hunger for energy needs an integrity check
Europe’s thirst for energy remains high as regulations in the Eurozone tighten and the focus on energy efficiency grows. At the same time, an energy infrastructure that allows EU countries to quickly shift power to where it is most needed when shortages occur still needs to be built. With this in mind, the drive to [...]
Posted on 21 May 2012 by Conny Abel
The roadmap to a new beginning
Peace agreements offer the possibility for a new beginning. They allow the international community and national governments the opportunity to strengthen governance and embed some anti-corruption controls which, in turn, will help build durable state institutions. Recent studies demonstrate that change can be achieved with the appropriate mix of political pressure, incentives, and creativity. As [...]
Posted on 17 May 2012 by Saad Mustafa
Pushing Forward G8′s Anti-Corruption Agenda
In India more than 200 million people live without secure access to food, the most of any county in the world, the Wall Street Journal reported last month. As the report argued, this is not because India lacks the resources to provide for its population. On the contrary, India’s domestic food production would be more [...]
Posted on 15 May 2012 by Shruti Shah
On a Plane to Brazil
A few weeks ago I traveled to Brazil. Early Sunday morning I got on a plane from Amsterdam to São Paulo. My seat was in row 62, the last one just next to the toilets. This is not a fun experience when you have to fly for more than ten hours. As I sat down [...]
Posted on 15 May 2012 by Alejandro Salas
What can Slovenia learn from New Orleans?
Hurricane Katrina was a dark hour for New Orleans, costing the lives of thousands and displacing an entire city, but in terms of community relations and the fight against corruption it has certainly had a silver lining. How can Slovenia learn from the resurgence of that city, to bring about change and reconciliation? Integriteta- Transparency [...]
Posted on 11 May 2012 by Vid Doria
Niger fait campagne contre les faux enseignants, la corruption dans les écoles
4 milliards de Francs CFA destinés à l’éducation perdus, presque mille faux enseignants, et des milliers d’enfants de régions rurales assis par terre, parce que les bancs et tables inscrits au budget n’ont pas été livrés. Il n’est pas étonnant alors que le taux d’alphabétisation au Niger est en dessous de 30%, laissant peu d’opportunités [...]
Posted on 10 May 2012 by Hassane Amadou Diallo
The politics of corruption in India: public goods for private gain
India continues to reel from corruption scams. First it was telecom licenses that grabbed the headlines, now it is the sale of coal highlighting the corruption at the heart of the Indian government, politics and business. In 2008, the former Telecommunications Minister of the Indian government began to issue cut-rate licenses to mobile telephony companies [...]
Posted on 09 May 2012 by Rukshana Nanayakkara
Indonesian film collection “Us Against Corruption” gives hope to combating everyday corruption
Popcorn. Cola. Love. Betrayal. Tears. Laughter. A collective gasp from the audience as a local heartthrob appears on screen. A unified “uh-oh” as one of the characters is about to discover her husband’s love affair. Tears as some parents have to make agonising choices about their children. The stars of the film waiting outside to [...]
Posted on 07 May 2012 by Ben Elers
After Wal-Mart: What best practices can limit foreign bribery?
In the wake of Wal-Mart’s alleged Mexican bribery scandal, many voices in the business sector are no doubt asking what companies can do to improve their anti-corruption programmes and avoid the increasingly long arm of US law-enforcers who are vigorously pursuing violations of the FCPA. This is just the latest corporate corruption scandal, and they [...]
Posted on 30 Apr 2012 by Susan Côté-Freeman
The pressure intensifies for real reform at FIFA – not just words
This week the Council of Europe joined the voices with those calling for FIFA, world football’s governing body, to start investigating past scandals now, and not just talk about it. In a resolution, adopted on April 25th, the Council called for a transparent investigation into the election in 2011 that saw Sepp Blatter reinstated as [...]
Posted on 27 Apr 2012 by Sylvia Schenk
