In a preview of the Global Integrity Report: 2008 to be released on Feb. 18th, Abdurrahman Warsameh reports from Somalia that citizens perceive government as little more than border control, where interactions with government officials are confined to the airports, seaports and checkpoints. The only Somalis that attract government attention are journalists, who are under…
Reporting from Pakistan, Mahmood Iqbal highlights the eroding of citizens’ trust in public institutions in this preview from the Global Integrity Report: 2008, to be released Feb. 18. The prevalence of militant attacks in Pakistan serves as an undeniably jarring example of the ineffectiveness of government agencies (especially the police). Suicide bombings not only destroy…
In a prelude to our first-ever assessment of anti-corruption and accountability mechanisms in Iraq, scheduled for release this Wednesday as part of the Global Integrity Report: 2008, The New York Times details new allegations of massive bribery and theft on the part of American military officers in the country. Sadly, our Iraq assessment differs little…
UPDATE: The results of this call are available here. The Global Integrity Report: 2008, covering national anti-corruption practices in 57 countries, will be released Wednesday, February 18, 2009 (UPDATE: released now here). Global Integrity’s Managing Director Nathaniel Heller will host a conference call to discuss findings, including reports from Iraq and Somalia. All are welcome…
In a preview from the Global Integrity Report: 2008, to be published Feb. 18th, Global Integrity’s Xiao Chi An reports on the corrosive effect of systemic corruption in China. As the government tries to cope with an economic downturn and fall in exports, corruption is eroding stability from within and creating nostalgia for harsher times.…
In a preview of the Global Integrity Report: 2008, to be released February 18, Global Integrity reporter (and Mail & Guardian regular) Sam Sole examines the politics of anti-corruption and how they led to the death of one of Africa’s most respected anti-corruption units, the Scorpions. South Africa and the Scorpions: The Slow Death of…