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Using ‘red flag’ indicators to identify corruption and analyse reform efforts in the procurement process

Anti-Corruption, Financial Accountability, Fiscal Governance, Fiscal Transparency, Follow the Money, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption1 Comment

This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…

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Fighting corruption by recognizing integrity

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This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…

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Hiding the beneficial owner and the proceeds of corruption

Anti-Corruption, Financial Accountability, Fiscal Governance, Fiscal Transparency, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Money Politics Transparency, Political FInance, State IntegrityLeave a comment

This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…

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In focus: Open data, politics, and results

Follow the Money, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Open Data, Open Governance1 Comment

“To what extent and for what reasons is the use of open government data associated with higher levels of accountability and improved service delivery in developing countries?” —Michael Jelenic, 2019, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper While open data is an important element of our work at Global Integrity, we do not consider ourselves “open…

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Beating kleptocrats at their own game: Learning how to tackle kleptocracy more effectively

Anti-Corruption, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, kleptocracy, Learning to Open Government, Making All Voices Count, Open Governance, State Integrity7 Comments

Kleptocracy – a global phenomenon, with local consequences One of the many benefits of globalization is, depending on people’s access to technology, the possibility to connect with everyone everywhere almost instantaneously. However, the logic of instantaneous connectivity has allowed corrupt governing elites to commit and get away with crimes of baffling magnitude. Kleptocracy, a government…

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