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European firms accelerate compliance with global anti-corruption standards
A series of bribery investigations at leading European companies has helped to accelerate compliance with global anti-corruption standards as managers recognize the risk to their brands and reputations, legal analysts and international regulators say. IHT, May 7. By Nicola Clark.
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08 May 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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OECD Irish Public Service Report: The Buck Still Stops Nowhere; Brian Cowen has no record of challenging conventional wisdom
The key message of the recently published OECD report on the Irish Public Service, is not that Irish public sector workers cannot produce outputs comparable with private sector counterparts or that the quality of some public services are not of an acceptable international standard but that the political and senior management have been seriously lac. . .
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07 May 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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Pay for honesty? Lessons on wages and corruption from public hospitals
Theft, graft, absenteeism and soliciting bribes in the health sector in developing countries is often blamed on low pay. But does low pay actually explain corruption? Several studies of public hospitals in Latin America suggest otherwise. In particular, they show that low pay may contribute to corruption; however, without some form of monitoring to. . .
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07 May 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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KOSOVO: No Freedom from Corruption
The report ‘Fighting Corruption With Rhetoric’ published in early May by the Pristina-based NGO ‘Democracy, Anti-Corruption and Dignity’ (COHU) says that by the beginning of April when the Thaci government completed its first 100 days (since it took office Jan. 9), the government has failed in all its promises.
The report says the government has . . .
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06 May 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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Dubai eGovernment Showcases Key Achievements at ITU Regional Symposium on eGovernment and IP
Dubai eGovernment showcased its key achievements at the International Telecommunications Union Regional Symposium on eGovernment and Internet Protocol (IP) that was held for the first time in Dubai from November 22 to 25, 2004.
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30 Apr 2008 |
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Eliachim Ishimwe
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JOB: Consultants - Local Governance in Asia, UNDP (Asia Region)
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) seeks expressions of interest from experienced individual researchers, consultants or firms to undertake both short and long term assignments in Asia and the Pacific in one or more of the following areas: 1) Local government planning, budgeting & financial management; 2) Local small-scale rural in. . .
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30 Apr 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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REPORT: TI calls on leading oil and gas companies to increase revenue transparency
A majority of leading oil and gas companies are far from transparent when it comes to the payments they make to resource-rich countries, leaving the door open to corruption and hampering efforts to fight poverty, according to a report published on April 28 by Transparency International (TI).
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28 Apr 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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Women, Political Parties and Electoral Systems in Latin America
This case study analyses how political parties and electoral systems shape women’s
opportunities to gain access to power in Latin America. In the past 15 years, many of
the region’s parties have made significant efforts to promote women. Eleven countries
in the region adopted quota laws for women’s candidacies and a 12th, Colombia,
has introduc. . .
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28 Apr 2008 |
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Carmen Villegas Caballero
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Social Capital and Political Participation in Latin America
This paper explores the role of social capital and other causal factors in promoting political participation in Latin America. I attempt to assess the rates of political participation as well as stocks of social capital in Latin America when set in global perspective. I endeavor to determine the importance of social capital for promoting political . . .
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28 Apr 2008 |
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Carmen Villegas Caballero
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The Patterns of Corruption in the 21st Century - Conference and Call for Papers
The CRIISEA Research Center in Amiens, France and the Institute of International Economic Relations in Athens, Greece are organising an international conference on "The Patterns of Corruption in the 21st Century". The venue will be Athens and the dates the 6 and 7th September 2008.
The focus of the conference will be the analysis of the existence . . .
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24 Apr 2008 |
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Simona Mulinari
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Quantitative Methods for Anti-Corruption Agencies and Internal Security Units
How to detect corruption when little evidence is available about specific cases? This presentation, which will be made at the CIES-ISCTE_OLAF conference of anti-corruption agencies, shows how anti-corruption agencies and internal security units can use statistical methods in order to identify cases of corruption. Specific examples are provided.
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24 Apr 2008 |
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Bryane Michael
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IssueLab: Registration page for nonprofit research contributors
IssueLab is an online publishing forum for nonprofit research. Our mission is to more effectively archive, distribute and promote the extensive and diverse body of work being produced by the third sector. A Research Contributor account is strictly for maintaining your organization's research collection.
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23 Apr 2008 |
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Carmen Villegas Caballero
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Role of the Government CIO
The Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter on The Role of the Government CIO is now available from the GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications. This edition presents the views of 17 individuals who understand the role of the CIO in 21st century government. They are the IT leaders of nations, states, federal agencies, and municipalities . . .
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22 Apr 2008 |
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Lisa Nelson
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eGovernance - A quick starter guide
This 'eGovernance - A quick starter guide' is neaither a solution nor a proposal, whereas it is a brief compilation of best practices that can ignite eGovernance discussions.
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22 Apr 2008 |
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Anil Prasad P
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New Disclosure regime will improve transparency in public sector in British Columbia, Canada
Disclosure of executive compensation across British Columbia’s public sector will be clarified and expanded through amendments to the Public Sector Employers Act introduced on 18 April, 2008.
The changes will help bring public sector compensation reporting to best practice standards and provide the public with far more detail on the underlying com. . .
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21 Apr 2008 |
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Boris Demidov
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