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Zimbabwe: Opposition Quits Election
The latest chapter in a sad story: after weeks of intimidation and violence by supporters of Robert Mugabe, the opposition is calling it quits. Morgan Tsvangirai has pulled out of the impending presidential election, which he calls a “violent, illegitimate sham.” All Africa: MDC’s official statement All Africa: SADC calls for election to be postponed…
June 23, 2008
Jordan: Call Your Wasta
Global Integrity’s Suha Ma’ayeh breaks down the history of the mobile communications market in Jordan — and the rich opportunities that were created by privatizing a national telecom with limited public oversight. Call Your Wasta By Suha Philip Ma’ayeh In 2005 Umniah Mobile Communications (UMC) entered the Jordan’s booming telecommunications sector. It became the country’s…
June 21, 2008
Analysis: The Private Sector & Anti-Corruption
Thanks to our friends at the Center for International Private Enterprise for the plug in their recently published paper, “Changing perspectives: how donors can work with the private sector to reduce corruption.”
June 15, 2008
$23 Billion Lost in Iraq. Give or Take a Billion.
The BBC puts a number on corruption in the new Iraq: US$23 billion lost, stolen or missing. As the BBC points out, the total cost of this theft and systemic mismanagement is much higher than the total of dollars leaked away — because much of this money was intended for essential projects, like rebuilding the…
June 13, 2008
Still More Political Arrests In Zimbabwe
All Africa: Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was held by police for the third time in a week while campaigning for the June 27 presidential run-off election. NY Times: Tendai Biti, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, was arrested at Harare airport as he returned to the country from South Africa…
June 12, 2008
USA: Our Veepstakes Speculation
Here in the US the ongoing presidential race is an endless source of speculation and debate, with VP selection now feeding the media churn. The process has been brilliantly skewered by the Daily Show: “That’s not a question, that’s a just bag of words!” While we like to claim the high road, we just can’t…
June 11, 2008