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Working Paper No 01/2008 Accountability and Transparency in Political Finance
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When money corrupts campaigns and candidates, political finance can undermine the same democratic values and good governance that it also supports. To prevent and address the problem, transparency and accountability must form part of the policies used to combat it. see more |
Working Paper No 03/2007 Gender and Corruption
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This Working Paper analyses recent research in the field of gender and corruption. It considers how women impact on, and are affected by, corruption and looks at some of the gender implications of anti-corruption policies. Research findings on this subject over the last years have varied and this paper seeks to capture current opinion for the benefit of anti-corruption practitioner’s in our movement and around the world. see more |
Working Paper No. 01/2006 Corruption and Paying for Healthcare
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Every year, the world spends more than US $3.1 trillion on health services. These large flows of funds are an attractive target for abuse. The stakes are high and the resources precious. Growing evidence from around the world indicates that corruption, fraud, and abuse are resulting in significant losses of public money and denial of good quality health services to millions of people. see more |
Working Paper No. 03/2006 Humanitarian Aid and Corruption
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This Working Paper is intended to provide an overview of corruption in humanitarian aid. It explains why humanitarian aid is at risk from corruption, what can potentially be done to minimise these risks and concludes with suggestions for further investigation and action. We hope this paper will help inform and guide the ongoing work of the many organisations engaged with this issue. see more |
Working Paper No. 04/2007 Corruption in the Education Sector
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Corruption defeats the very purpose of education. In a corrupt education system, students don't acquire the skills and knowledge that would enable them to contribute meaningfully to their country's economy and society. They learn from a young age that a lack of integrity is an acceptable way of life, allowing these values to become the norm throughout society. see more |
Working Paper No. 1/2007 Corruption and Renewable Natural Resources
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There is important evidence to suggest that corruption is a key contributing factor to the degradation of renewable natural resources. Corrupt forestry officials or law enforcement officers who are in the pockets of unscrupulous logging firms will turn a blind eye to illegal forestry activities, threatening sustainable management of the forest's biodiversity storehouse. Similarly, fisheries inspectors endanger the sustainability of fish stocks by accepting bribes from trawling companies intent on ignoring official quotas. More broadly, poor governance may translate into sub-standard environmental policy formulation and implementation, where narrow interest groups determine the common 'environmental good'. And, in extreme cases, high-level political corruption can facilitate the wholesale plunder of a country's natural resource base. see more |
Working Paper No. 2/2006 - Summary Sheet on Corruption and HIV/AIDS
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The numbers of people infected with HIV are high and rising. While the corruption that affects HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment does not look very different from corruption found in other areas of the health sector, the scale of the pandemic, the high costs of drugs to treat it, and a multiplicity of new agencies increase the opportunities for corruption if there is inadequate monitoring. see more |
Working Paper No. 2/2007 Addressing Corruption and Building Integrity in Defence Establishments
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Global defence is a big business, with expenditures exceeding more than US $1 trillion. Yet the defence establishment has historically been one of the least open of any government organisation. The secrecy that necessarily veils some defence activities often extends more widely than can be justified, making the sector particularly vulnerable to the abuse of corruption. Working with the military, governments and civil society can help to build the integrity of the system, promote accountability and increase the transparency of dealings. see more |
Working Paper No. 4/2008 Corruption and (In)security
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Both anti-corruption approaches and security policies need to address linkages between them and look at the broader context that has created a web of security risks — within and outside national boundaries. see more |
Working Paper No. 5/2008 Human Rights and Corruption
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Although international anti-corruption and human rights regimes can run parallel agendas, they are rooted in the same principles. These commonalities suggest there are many actions and activities where both could better compliment each other. see more |
