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Report | Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya and Corruption
Corruption, Economic Governance, Report, Academic/Think TankCorruption in the private sector is widespread and costs the economy greatly while undermining efforts to reduce the poverty rates in the country. In order for small and medium enterprises to grow, they need to put their incomes into business related transactions and not those that aren’t such as corruption. This report highlights persistent corruption pertaining to small and medium...
Evaluation of the National Integrity System in Bulgaria-2011
Corruption, Europe and CIS, Report, Civil SocietyThe National Integrity System is an evaluation model of Transparency International, designed to give a measurable expression of the functioning of key institutions and sectors that are crucial in the fight against corruption. For Bulgaria this evaluation report is the second one in this area: in 1998 Transparency International – Bulgaria launched its activity with a similar study. The study in...
State Building, Political Progress, and Human Security in Afghanistan: Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People
Arab States, Corruption, Democracy, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyState Building, Political Progress, and Human Security in Afghanistan: Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People is the companion volume to The Asia Foundation's public-opinion survey titled Afghanistan in 2006: A Survey of the Afghan People. The papers in this volume analyze survey data on the opinions and perceptions of Afghans towards government, public policy,...
European Neighbourhood Policy: Monitoring Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia’s anti-corruption commitments
Corruption, Europe and CIS, Report, Civil SocietyThese reports present the findings of a monitoring exercise of Azerbaijan’s, Armenia's and Georgia’s delivery on commitments made under the 2006 European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan. They focus on three aspects of governance, all of which are considered central to anti-corruption reform in the countries. Examining the legal framework as well as the...
Actual Instances of Corruption 2008-2009
Africa, Corruption, Report, Civil SocietyThis research report is based on findings of a survey that focused on actual instances of corruption as reported on in the Namibian print media between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009. The report aims to identify trends in the occurrence of corruption and in the print media's reporting on actual cases. It follows on four previous studies which focused on the periods 1990-20004; 2004-2006;...
Scoring for Africa
Africa, Civil Society, Conflict, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Governance and Gender, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationAhead of the kick-off of the 2010 World Cup on Friday, former UN Secretary-General and Chair of the Africa Progress Panel, Kofi Annan and United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador and football star Didier Drogba will today publish ‘Scoring for Africa – An Alternative Guide to the World Cup’. Set out in the form of a ‘grudge-match’ report, the...
International Journal of Governmental Financial Management
Corruption, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankThe first issue, for 2010, of the International Journal of Governmental Financial Management is now available for download. As usual the Journal covers a wide range of issue relating to public financial management especially in developing countries. The first paper provides an insightful critique of the draft conceptual framework recently issued by the International Public Sector Accounting...
The Impact of Decentralisation on Service Delivery, Corruption, Fiscal Management and Growth in Developing and Emerging Market Economies: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence
Corruption, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Academic/Think TankThe paper reviews the empirical literature on the impact of decentralisations and provides a summary of the conclusions on its impacts on service delivery, corruption, fiscal management and growth. Decentralised public management continues to invite controversy and debate. Proponents of decentralisation consider it a panacea for reforming public sector in developing countries (Shah,1994, 1998)...
Nations in Transit 2011
Corruption, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Media, Political Parties, Report, Civil SocietyNations in Transit is Freedom House’s comprehensive, comparative study of democratic development in 29 countries from Central Europe to Eurasia. The 2011 report - covering events of 2010 suggests that the authoritarian countries of the former Soviet Union have built governance systems that are resistant to reform and therefore increasingly vulnerable to unpredictable...
Managing the crisis: A comparative analysis of economic governance in 14 countries
Corruption, Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe study "Managing the Crisis" evaluates the quality of political decision-making in response to the global financial and economic crisis in advanced economies such as Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as in the emerging economies ofBrazil, Chile, China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey. Based on 14 detailed...