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Directions and Ownership
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In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the issues involved in relation to anti-corruption strategies, i.e., the focus and the sequencing of reform as well as the question of sustainability.Abstract:
The perceived increase in corrupt activity in various countries has led to the idea of a ‘corruption eruption’ having taken place (Naim 1995). This has been matched by a growing concern during the 1990s, among donor governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others, over the persistence and prevalence of corrupt practices by political and economic elites, particularly in developing countries, and its increased significance in transitional countries. Many have made combatting of corruption and promotion of good government a key part of their policies, but the actual devising and implementation of strategies in practice raise a number of issues. These include the focus and the sequencing of reform as well as the question of sustainability. At the same time there are also a number of practical issues, both country-specific and also in terms of ownership and direction. This article provides an overview of the issues involved in relation to anti-corruption strategies, i...read more
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Corruption and development
Cheryl W. Gray,Daniel Kaufman +1 more
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Aid and Political Conditionality
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Cleaning up and invigorating the civil service
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that institutional adjustment deserves more consideration as a basis for reforms, and two practical examples are discussed in some detail: improving incentives in the public sector and strategies to combat corruption.
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Good government and sustainable anti-corruption strategies: A role for independent anti-corruption agencies?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on corruption as a core obstacle to the encouragement of good government, and on the steps taken to dealing with it as evidence of commitment and the will of recipient countries to their introduction.
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'Political Conditionality' and Democratisation
TL;DR: The use of aid to impose political conditions on recipient countries, to further democratic and government reforms or to punish noncompliance with earlier demands, is a relatively new feature of the international aid regime as mentioned in this paper.