In the past few months, as we've rolled out some brand new initiatives like TESTING 1 2 3: The Global Integrity Innovation Fund and also pulled back the scope of some traditional projects like the Global Integrity Report, I've been getting questions from a range of friends and colleagues that go something like this: "So,…
DetailsHave you ever wondered how defense companies fare in terms of internal anti-corruption practices? Transparency International – UK’s (TI-UK) Defence Team has completed a brand new index: The Defence Company Index, which provides an analysis of what the 129 biggest defense companies around the world do to prevent corruption. The study measures and grades defense…
DetailsGlobal Integrity and The Anti-Corruption Council of Ukraine will hold a workshop for Ukrainian government officials and civil society on November 13 in Kiev. The workshop is based on the Global Integrity Report’s findings for Ukraine, released earlier this year. Global Integrity Report provides an independent assessment of the effectiveness of anti-corruption reforms at the…
DetailsAllow me to set the scene: the idyllic island of Zanzibar, replete with palm trees, sparkling blue water, mojitos on a deck and crystalline sand. Global Integrity attended the Open Africa Summit on the 7th and 8th of October to discuss open data and the progress toward open government, transparency and accountability. Preceding the conference,…
DetailsTransparency International famously publishes a Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) every year, which ranks countries by perceived corruption levels, gleaned from an amalgamation of ‘expert’ surveys and country assessments produced by around a dozen institutions (e.g., the Bertelsmann Foundation; the Economist Intelligence Unit; Freedom House; Political Risk Services International; the World Economic Forum’s “Executive Opinion Surveys”).…
DetailsOn October 12, 2012, commuters from Chitungwiza, a small town about 40 km out of Harare, were left stranded when commuter omnibus operators — know locally as “Kombi Drivers” — staged a protest against “hefty bribes” that the traffic officers were allegedly demanding from them. These bribes have been cutting into the profit and making…
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