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Turer, Ahmet. "Combating Corruption: A Comparison of National Anti-Corruption Efforts." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4247/.
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The primary goal of this thesis is to provide a comparative analysis of the institutional and organizational mechanisms designed to monitor and control political corruption at the national level. The paper will provide comparisons of these arraignments and control systems across three nations. The thesis will identify differences across countries in terms of organizational and institutional political corruption control mechanisms, and use the CPI index to suggest and identify those control mechanisms that appear to be present in nations with low CPI measurements. Finally, the thesis will conclude with the discussion concerning the future prospects for controlling political corruption in Turkey based on the comparative analysis described above.
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Kearns, Sean. "Communicating Anti-Corruption - An Analysis of Transparency International's Role in the Anti-Corruption Industry." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23637.
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Corruption is an increasingly important factor in development. Despite a range of initiatives to address the issue, few anti-corruption initiatives to date have had a positive impact. Popular definitions of corruption are reductive, normative, and economics-based, and common ways of addressing corruption are also deficient. In addition, local contextual factors are often not taken into consideration in anti- corruption initiatives. The present study focuses on the most influential non- governmental organization in the anti-corruption industry, Transparency International (TI). The study is based on a social constructivist approach to knowledge and employs a combination of Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and Philipp Mayring’s qualitative content analysis to a single TI initiative to answer the question Do Transparency International’s youth anti-corruption initiatives neglect local contextual factors? The study’s findings are inconclusive: Social actors’ agency is encouraged, but cultural norms are neglected.
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Sakib, Nurul Huda. "Anti-Corruption Efforts in Bangladesh." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18409.
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Corruption has been a severe problem in Bangladesh since the country’s independence. The response in recent years has been massive anti-corruption efforts involving both the Bangladesh government and non-governmental stakeholders. These efforts have focused on the transplantation of institutions in accordance with the prescriptions and models of donor agencies. Organizations in Bangladesh have attempted to gain legitimacy by copying the successful structures and operational models of similar organizations in other countries. This phenomenon can be characterized as institutional isomorphism. Institutionalists argue that this type of isomorphism has been successful in combating corruption in various countries. Examples of the implementation of this isomorphic strategy in Bangladesh include introducing the National Integrity Strategy (NI-Strategy), strengthening the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and involving citizens in anti-corruption efforts through community-based organizations (CBOs). The research, reported in this thesis, has examined the effectiveness of this isomorphic approach to combating corruption in Bangladesh, drawing on an original nation-wide mass survey, interviews with members of the elite, and analysis of official documents and processes. The study found that the isomorphic approach to combating corruption in Bangladesh has had very limited success against the backdrop of massive expenditure and efforts. These efforts have mainly created an ‘isomorphic mimicry’ of successful anti-corruption strategies but, in Bangladesh, these have mostly remained ceremonial. In other words, they look good on paper but lack proper implementation. The study suggests that the reasons for this failure can be divided into two groups. The first group of four reasons is more general and focuses on pervasive issues of structure as well as agency, namely: (1) patronage-based politics; (2) the existence of ‘iron triangles’ of political, bureaucratic and business elites; (3) a lack of strong political will among government leaders; and (4) the ability of policy makers to deploy a range of strategies to blunt anti-corruption initiatives. The second group comprises micro-level problems, such as the lack of resourcing for institutions, within each element of the dominant anti-corruption strategies. In response to the failure of isomorphism in Bangladesh’s efforts towards integrity, this study suggests an alternative potential avenue for anti-corruption efforts through CBOs that can mobilize or harness spontaneous public participation. This approach differs from donor-assisted government and non-governmental community engagement activities. Drawing on several examples, the study shows that spontaneous participation through CBOs and other forms of activity involving various stakeholders is creating a ‘silent movement’ against corruption in Bangladesh, based on a problem-driven approach in the local context. With spontaneous participation, CBOs could play a potential role through awareness and advocacy to break the societal acceptance of corruption in Bangladesh. Finally, the study argues that, while obstacles to such a spontaneous participation approach are apparent, they might be addressed by coordination between CBOs to form a new foundation for the national integrity system of Bangladesh.
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Iremiren, Benjamin Akhigbe. "Governance, corruption and economic development : reflections on corruption and anti-corruption initiatives in Nigeria." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2011. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9098.
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This thesis is about the complex relationship between governance, corruption and economic development. It seeks to extend the literature via exploring the complex web of connections between corruption, development and the quality of political institutions in the specific case of Nigeria. In so doing the thesis explores some of the limitations of mainstream approaches to corruption and postulates that, rather than being a simple issue of rent-seeking that requires a prescription of orthodox economic policy reforms, corruption is an issue that requires contextualizing within the evolution of particular political cultures in specific places and a sensitivity to the impacts of culture on the definitions, causes and impacts of corruption. The thesis also reflects upon the impacts of market reforms on the opportunities for corrupt activity and the potential role of civil society in rendering anti-corruption interventions more effective. Accordingly, the thesis places the current high-profile debates over corruption and poor governance in Nigeria within an historical analysis of the patterns of governance in Nigeria over the years since independence in order to understand the intricate issues surrounding the historical, cultural and socio-political context of the problems of governance and corruption and their influence on anti-corruption reforms in the Nigerian context. Data were collected and analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods; the methods used in data collection included questionnaires and in particular a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews with key political stakeholders. The analysis culminates in an extensive exploration of the anti-corruption measures and strategies adopted by Nigerian administrations and the efforts of the international organisations which have supported them in tackling corruption.
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Johnsøn, Jesper Stenberg. "Corruption and stabilisation : aid agencies' anti-corruption strategies in fragile states." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708377.
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Lu, Xi. "Essays in China's Anti-corruption Campaign." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10280422.
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China's unique system of hiring and promoting talented people within the state, under the supervision of the Communist Party, has been held up as an important institutional factor supporting its remarkably rapid and sustained economic growth. Jointly with Professor Peter L. Lorentzen, we explore this meritocracy argument in the context of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign. Some question the sincerity of the campaign, arguing that it is nothing but a cover for intra-elite struggle and a purge of Xi's opponents. In the first chapter of my thesis, we use a dataset I have created to identify accused officials and map their connections. Our evidence supports the Party's claim that the crackdown is primarily a sincere effort to cut down on the widespread corruption that was undermining its efforts to develop an effective meritocratic governing system. First, we visualize the "patron-client'' network of all probed officials announced by the central government and identify the core targets of the anti-corruption campaign. Second, we use a recursive selection model to analyze who the campaign has targeted, providing evidence that even personal ties to top leaders have provided little protection. Finally, we show that, in the years leading up to the crackdown, the provinces later targeted had departed from the growth-oriented meritocratic selection procedures evident in other provinces.
In addition to its motivation, I also discuss the campaign's effects on economic efficiency. The second chapter of my thesis tests the "greasing-the-wheels'' hypothesis in the context of China's residential land market. We show that China's anti-corruption campaign, aimed at removing corruption in China's monopoly land market, caused a decrease in land transaction volumes. Furthermore, not removing any form of corruption would also lead to a similar decrease. It is only necessary to remove corruption that enables real estate developers to circumvent red tape and reduce trading costs. Our findings support the "greasing-the-wheels'' hypothesis hypothesis: when an economy has a low outcome owing to some preexisting distortions, corruption could be a positive factor in that it offers a "second-best world.''
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Genevois, Antoine. "L' efficacité internationale des droits anti-corruption." Paris 1, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004PA010275.
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La corruption internationale est l'un des principaux fléaux modernes de la mondialisation. Pour lutter contre ce phénomène sur le plan transnational, de nombreuses organisations internationales (OCDE, ONU, Conseil de l'Europe, Union européenne. . . ) ont entrepris et adopté des conventions préconisant l'adoption de textes d'incriminations propres à la corruption internationale, et de mécanismes permettant tout à la fois de faciliter la détection et la poursuite des comportements interdits. De même des organismes de financement internationaux ont adopté des stratégies anti-corruption. Cependant, l'efficacité de l'ensemble de ces initiatives à court terme semble aléatoire du fait notamment de la rupture d'égalité entre pays et de l'inefficience des textes de transposition au regard de la grande diversité des comportements corrupteurs à réprimer. Ainsi, les risques encourus selon les pays divergent trop sensiblement et vont probablement rapidement remettre en cause la volonté des autorités nationales de pénaliser leurs propres entreprises. Dés lors, et dans la mesure où les voies du droit pénal supranational ou de la requalification du comportement corrupteur en comportement anti-économique restent aujourd'hui théoriques, seule la société civile peut apporter à court terme et pour le moment une réponse efficace à la lutte contre les comportements corrupteurs transnationaux.
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Xu, Gang. "Essays on the Political Economy of Corruption and Anti-corruption : Evidence from China." Kyoto University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/244507.
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Ogwang, Lando Victor Okoth. "Rethinking Kenya's anti-corruption strategies : lessons from Botswana." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5750.
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The main objective of this study is to isolate the loopholes in Kenya’s anti-corruption machinery and explore mechanisms of sealing them. This study is particularly momentous as it seeks to explore and outline what lessons Kenya could derive from Botswana in order to realign its anti-corruption strategies so that it can achieve high levels of integrity in the public service. It is believed that this study will positively contribute to efforts by the Kenyan government, and by other
African states similarly situated, to comprehensively address the high prevalence of corruption in the continent.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Dr Paulo Comoane od the Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mocambique.
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Sun, Yunbo. "A chronic political illness, an analysis of corruption and anti-corruption in contemporary China." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23520.pdf.
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Lukiko, Lukiko Vedastus. "Exploring a sustainable anti-corruption regime for Tanzania." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5692.
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Magister Legum - LLMCorruption is among the world's devastating social, economic and political problems. It is enormous to the extent that ''not one single country, anywhere in the world, is corruptionfree''. Its effects on the quality of life of billions of people around the world are widely acknowledged. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, in his statement on the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), proclaimed that: Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of life, and allows organised crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish. Corruption takes different forms depending on the time and the social, political and economic circumstances that create avenues for its occurrence. Consequently, scholars construe corruption from different viewpoints. On the one hand, post-colonialists and Marxists perceive corruption as a product of capitalist pursuit of profit and capital accumulation. On the other hand, liberal-rationalists and free-market economists define corruption by looking at its negative effects on development and economic sustainability. The argument is that corruption discourages foreign investment and allows public officials to siphon off resources for their private advantage, thereby defeating the public good. Despite the definitional and ideological differences found in literature, there is an agreement that corruption is a bad thing and should be fought vigorously.
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Tsoi, Wai-shuen Wayne. "Anti-corruption strategies in the greater China Region." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31979373.
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Nell, Mathias. "Three essays on anti-corruption legislation and reform." kostenfrei, 2007. http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-passau/volltexte/2008/1198/.
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蔡威旋 and Wai-shuen Wayne Tsoi. "Anti-corruption strategies in the greater China Region." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31979373.
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Kobrč, Marek. "A Game-Theoretical Analysis of Anti-Corruption Measures." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198449.
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In this thesis, I suggest a new anti-corruption measure. The measure makes corruption unfeasible by making the interests of the culprits incompatible. This is achieved by giving immunity to the culprit who reports the corruption. Said culprit is allowed to retain any benefits he has already obtained and is given a reward for making the report. The purpose of the measure is to discourage the parties from corruption ex ante. The paper presents an argument that no immunization and reward take place, because the culprits are rendered unable to find mutually profitable corruption deals. The effect of various assumptions about the corruption is then discussed.
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Majila, Victoria Thozama. "A comparative analysis of anti-corruption legislation and anti-corruption agencies in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provices : a governance perspective." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/2117.
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This thesis analysed and compared the effectiveness of the anti-corruption legislation and anti-corruption agencies in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces. The thesis consists of six chapters. This study is based on the assumption that the struggle against corruption is best approached by developing a system of laws, institutions and supporting practices which promote integrity and make corrupt conduct a high-risk activity. It is imperative that a systemic approach is embarked upon in order to address the manner in which the major institutions and processes of the state are conquered and exploited by corrupt individuals and groups. With the magnitude in which hurdles exist that hamper the effectiveness of the country's anti-corruption legislation and anti-corruption agencies; South Africa is incapable of curbing corruption. With the purpose to determine a desired state of affairs, characteristics of effective anti-corruption agencies and anti-corruption legislation were presented. These served as a yardstick in measuring how effective such agencies and legislation are in South Africa. Reasons for failure of agencies and legislation are discussed. After discussing types of anti-corruption agencies, those that perform better than ix others were identified. Through literature review, the status quo concerning anti-corruption initiatives in South Africa was assessed. It was revealed that the level of the success of South African anti-corruption agencies and legislation has been limited. In the case of anti-corruption agencies, weaknesses such as fragmentation; insufficient coordination; poor delineation of responsibility; and assimilation of corruption work into a broader mandate were identified as major causes. Measures that are needed, such as informed citizens; a need to foster and sustain high levels of professional and ethically imbued civil servants; and legislation that supports the transition towards a corruption-free society that are needed to complement implementation of anti-corruption legislation, were also recognised. Ways of addressing such shortcomings that the writers identified are also presented. The methodology and design followed in the study are described. This is followed by the analysis and interpretation of the survey. The research findings are then presented. Based on the findings a number of recommendations that would assist in improving the effectiveness of anticorruption agencies and anti-corruption legislation are made. Flowing from the discussion of effective anti-corruption models that were identified by literature a model that would be ideal for South Africa is recommended.
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Lau, Chau-wing Nelson. "A study of Hong Kong Government's anti-corruption strategies /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31362308.
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Leung, Pang Sau-fong Alice, and 梁彭秀芳. "An evaluation of anti-corruption legislation in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1986. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31974831.
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Lau, Chau-wing Nelson, and 劉就榮. "A study of Hong Kong Government's anti-corruption strategies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45012556.
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Tso, Wai-yan, and 曹渭仁. "The impact of anti-corruption work on government efficiency." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45012659.
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Hoxhaj, Andi. "Anti-corruption policy in the EU and reflexive governance." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2019. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/90325/.
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This thesis, by evaluating the EU Anti-Corruption Report 2014 and its impact, analyses the development of EU anti-corruption as a policy field. In order to identify key factors that shape anti-corruption policy in Europe, it applies the theory of reflexive governance to anti-corruption policymaking in the EU. The approach of reflexive governance focuses on the new form of interaction between the EU, Member States and Candidate States, in particular the dialogical nature of their relationships and how they influence each other in building ground and incentives for the sustainable development of anticorruption as a policy field. The dissertation begins with an examination of the four stages of the development of anti-corruption as a policy field in the EU so far. Questions are asked about the involvement of non-state actors in anti-corruption policy making and to what extent Member States and Candidate States have involved non-state actors in shaping anti-corruption policy in the national context. The main part of the thesis is devoted to presenting and applying the theory of reflexive governance in analysing the EU Anti-Corruption Report and its impact and achievement in the UK, Romania and Albania. In its last part, the thesis discusses insufficiencies of the EU Anti-Corruption Report 2014 and offers recommendations for future EU Anti-Corruption Reports, in particular by making proposals how the legal framework can be improved in relation to the protection of whistleblowers. The thesis also makes suggestions how the EU, Member States and Candidate States can make further use of reflexive governance in order to enhance their anti-corruption policies.
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Leung, Pang Sau-fong Alice. "An evaluation of anti-corruption legislation in Hong Kong." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12323317.
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Kuok, Chi. "Anti-corruption campaign and tax avoidance :evidence from China." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3959240.
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Odhiambo, Donnet Rose Adhiambo. "The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Kenya : a critical study." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5516.
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Sebudubudu, David. "Combatting corruption in Southern Africa : an examination of anti-corruption agencies in Botswana, South Africa and Namibia." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/379/.
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This thesis examines the work of anti-corruption agencies in Botswana, South Africa and Namibia. It argues that these agencies have produced disappointing results in terms of investigating and prosecuting high-level corruption. It suggests five main reasons for this failure. First, anti-corruption agencies have suffered from a lack of resources resulting from lack of political support and the general problem of economic underdevelopment. Second, there is a lack of political will' to prosecute high-level corruption. Third, even if there was such a will, anticorruption agencies, by their very. nature, are unable to affect the underlying political pressures which promote corruption and, therefore, their successes need to be limited to individual cases. Fourth, the model on which such agencies have been based is inappropriate to the African setting and assumes conditions that cannot be replicated in the subcontinent. And finally, these factors suggest that the purpose of anti-corruption agencies in Africa might possibly have more to do with reassuring investors and aid donors in an age of globalisation. than with actually attacking high-level corruption, an activity that would, after all, undermine the fragile political elites of these countries. The dissertation first evaluates the destructive character of corruption in Africa and attempts to control it through anti-corruption reform. It then proceeds to an analysis of the problem, and the agencies set up to deal with it, in each of the three country cases. The dissertation concludes with a comparison of the effectiveness of the anti-corruption agencies in the three countries.
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Wang, Wai-hong Kenny. "Comparative studies of anti-corruption law between Hong Kong andChina." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30402050.
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Azubuike, Amaraegbu Declan. "Anti-corruption in Africa : the cases of Nigeria and Ghana." Thesis, Durham University, 2008. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2517/.
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This thesis is an analysis of Anti-Corruption projects(^1) in Africa. This may appear simple but the severity of pervasive corruption in the continent, especially when the adoption of various intervention measures which should have reduced the opportunities for its occurrence are taken into account, makes this endeavour challenging. In the present context, the thesis will present a rational background or structure that is capable of contributing to the explanation of the African condition (^2). To achieve this, the thesis aims to make an in-depth study of the institutional frameworks that were put in place to tackle corruption. Nigeria and Ghana are the study areas on account of their similar antecedence and the strategic roles they play in the politics of Africa. Apart from journals and reports etc, no proper analysis of the anticorruption project in Nigeria and Ghana has been documented in book form. This thesis intends to fill this gap in the literature by providing a concise and an impartial text through analysis of both Countries' anticorruption projects between 1999 and 2007. It contributes to the debate by focusing on two major issues: (1) The character of Africa's ruling elites, their attitude towards public-good and their competition for political power, arguing that the burden of reinventing Africa rests more (but not only) on their shoulders and (2) the anti-corruption policies of Nigeria and Ghana's post-colonial administrations in pursuance of a relatively corrupt-free public sector.(^3) Sustained anti-corruption campaigns in both countries, as elsewhere in the developing World, developed in response to the demands of a renewed good governance strategy. Sustained effort in the present context implies when anti- corruption debates became extensive and bodies (with legal backing) were set up to investigate and possibly prosecute offenders. Viewed in this sense, anti-corruption campaigns in both countries, and most of Africa, in the democratic era should be separated from the closed, regimented political system represented by past despotic and military regimes. Nevertheless, most of the analysis in this work is deeply critical of both administrations' anticorruption projects. This may appear unfair, given that both administrations have arguably paid more attention to the problems than previous ones. But, even a rare, high -sounding advertisement of an anticorruption project in a society where corruption remains the best explanation for their underdevelopment cannot obscure the various incidences of rampant high-profile corruption and lead to profound questioning of the seriousness of the counter measures. Nor do the many anticorruption laws and institutions, which are explored in details in this work, make up for evidently improper implementation of these policies, which are driven more by politics than by objectivity. Many have laboured under the illusion that Africa's ruling class were committed to their much avowed anticorruption projects. Yet when we examine the implementation of the various anticorruption projects, we become persuaded to the contrary, not only by the conduct of high public office holders or by careful analysis of intellectual materials, reports and surveys, but by some credible accounts provided first hand from sources right at the centre of governments and the projects in both countries. The administrations of Presidents Obasanjo and Kuffor of Nigeria and Ghana respectively are no more than representative samples of the African condition, because the truth is that most African nations have never had durable anticorruption policies, starting from the high-point of the independence era. This thesis argues that anti-corruption strategies in Africa lack sincerity of intent and strength of purpose. As will be seen in the country case studies, in a polity of contesting interests, government interference with the judicial process regarding the prosecutorial powers of anticorruption commissions is widespread, especially in high-profile cases, and exposes the government as not being sincere in its intentions. Public office holders take advantage of their positions for supposedly bring them to justice are weak, compromised and profligate. Durable initiatives to address the crisis of justice that society desires and deserves have been absent, and the challenges of public accountability, transparency in transacting government business and inappropriate use of public resources refuse to go away. As will be shown later, some anticorruption institutions are marred by a credibility crisis. Supposedly, they should be committed to proper adherence to due process and other forms of disciplinary checks, but their image problems are worsened by the perceived partiality with which they go about their activities. Obviously, those responsible for the implementation of the projects have a large credibility gap to fill in the hearts and minds of ordinary Africans who are disillusioned with inadequate counter measures that have either ended up in smoke or become interred with the bones of their initiators. Thus, mere mouthing of platitudes in the face of genuine challenges have offered hope whilst denying real progress towards the eradication of state- sanctioned corruption, a deep-rooted problem that is threatening to become permanent. Flashes of hope from both administrations have not yet addressed the basic problems of trustworthiness in an environment where high-profile corruption cases are improperly and inadequately pursued; and where public officials' activities make more people lose faith in the campaign. It is important to take concrete steps and design counter measures that are capable of creating the proper values for public office because, "values are central to the fight against corruption."(^4) As Dike reminds us "...a good value system could help in the war against corruption." (^5) The political space that will enable civil society in partnership with government agencies to enforce anticorruption policies is yet to be fully developed. In the meantime, mouthing the rhetoric about fighting corruption provides diagnosis of the disease but no progress towards a cure. This thesis provides analysis and recommendations towards this goal.
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Duri, Jorum. "Deploying transitional justice mechanisms as anti-corruption tools in Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7620.
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Magister Legum - LLMThis thesis advocates the expansion of the field of transitional justice to address corruption in African states emerging from conflict or authoritarianism. There is a close connection between corruption and conflict or repressive regimes in Africa. A good example is the Arab Spring of 2011, where citizens of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya protested against endemic corruption, leading to removal of despotic leaders from power. Dictators or conflicts tend to leave African states in situations where their coffers have been emptied corruptly and their citizens subjected to serious physical violence. What is more, corrupt and oppressive leaders use their ill-gotten assets to escape liability for their crimes. The evident link between the two forms of abuse makes it desirable to address them simultaneously when the dictatorship or conflict ends. Many African countries have deployed transitional justice mechanisms, such as criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, institutional reforms and reparations to address violations of civil and political rights. However, they have neglected corruption and other violations of social and economic rights, notwithstanding their crucial role in the violent past. Many countries still are haunted by the unresolved legacies of corruption and other socio-economic injustices. Recently, scholars and practitioners in the fields of transitional justice and anti-corruption have started to call for corruption and other socio-economic issues to be accommodated within transitional justice programmes. Problems encountered with the expansion of transitional justice mechanisms have not been worked out yet at the level of theory, policy and practice. This thesis subscribes to transformative justice theory as the most viable perspective from which to tackle corruption in transitional societies in Africa. Transformative justice theory is gaining increasing attention in the field of transitional justice, and it has been incorporated in the recent African Union Transitional Justice Policy. It champions locally driven mechanisms which reflect the needs of the victims and local communities, and which pursue socio-economic justice and transformation. The thesis argues that the current transitional justice mechanisms have the potential to become transformative and it will seek to answer how best each of these mechanisms may be implemented to address corruption. It is hoped that this thesis will assist in answering critical questions regarding the proximate relationship between corruption and violence, and in offering guidelines towards the total integration of an anti-corruption agenda into the field of transitional justice in Africa.
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Blom, Elin, and Alexandra Larsson. "The non- straightforward link between anti-corruption and CSR-reporting : A study assessing the quality of CSR disclosure regarding anti-corruption of four Swedish banks." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172917.
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In 2019, the two Swedish banks Swedbank and SEB was involved in what has been called one of the largest money laundry scandals. Money laundering is a critical sustainability issue for banks since their operations enable money from corrupt activities to be laundered into the financial system, hence diverts resources from education and health services. Corruption is a difficult topic to manage due to its invisible nature, making it hard to detect and measure compared to emissions or compliance with human rights. In the last decades, there has been an increasing demand for organizations to communicate their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) considerations. However, the flexibility allowed by standards and regulation in this area regarding what to disclose have been argued to undermine the reliability of CSR information. There have been discussions whether the banks had informed stakeholders about the anticorruption risks sufficiently, information that primarily should be communicated through sustainability and annual reports. Previous studies examining CSR reporting quality have found that companies present information in different ways, complicating a comparison of information. They have also found that such disclosure has been used as a strategy to highlight only the good work of a company and omit negative disclosures. This study examines the quality of CSR information that is communicated in annual and sustainability reports of the four largest banks operating in Sweden; Nordea, Handelsbanken, Swedbank, and SEB. Our focus is limited to disclosure about anti-corruption for which the Global reporting initiative (GRI) provides principles in terms of what they asses to be good content and quality. We will use these principles when structuring our categories in our qualitative content analysis with quantitative elements and when we analyse and make conclusions of our results regarding the quality. We use a content analysis model called the Consolidated Narrative Interrogation Model (CONI) which integrate both qualitative and quantitative measures of CSR reporting quality. Our result show that anti-corruption disclosure differs in terms of presentation structure, which requirements from GRI that are applied and how much information that is disclosed. The overall conclusion regarding its quality is that it does not meet the reporting quality principles stated in GRI 101: foundation. We find indications of strategic legitimacy in terms of how banks disclose anti-corruption activities which is critical for the overall reporting practise since its purpose it to constitute an accurate and reliable source of information to stakeholders.
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Ionescu, Daniela. "Controlling corruption or controlling states? : EU and anti-corruption policies : the case of Bulgaria and Romania, 2000-2008." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7583/.
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This thesis challenges the idea that the EU anti-corruption policies’ main rationale is to root out corruption. The research hypothesis is that EU anti-corruption policies are used not so much to control corruption as to control and diminish the powers of nation states and to redesign the classic power balance in these democratic states. The actors who end up being empowered are supranational, international and non-governmental entities: the EU/ the European Commission, International Organizations and domestic civil society with a pro-EU agenda. The domestic decision-makers are structurally disempowered by the anti-corruption policies. The lessons derived from the specific experience of Romania and Bulgaria have a general value because their model inspired the recent decision of the European Commission to introduce the same anti-corruption policies across the EU.
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Gashumba, Jeanne Pauline. "Anti-corruption agencies in Africa: a comparative analysis of Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Malawi." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3020_1361989959.
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Corruption is a serious problem which has many negative impacts on sustainable economic development globally. The clandestine nature of corruption makes it difficult to detect. Hence, efforts to combat corruption successfully demand comprehensive anti-corruption legislation, strong powers, as well as special investigative techniques and strategies. An effective anti-corruption regime requires a comprehensive anti-corruption legal framework which not only punishes all forms of corruption but also capacitates anti-corruption institutions. A strong anti-corruption agency is a
crucial requirement and a necessary part of a country&rsquo
s anti-corruption strategy. The failure or the success of an anti-corruption agency depends on a variety of factors, such as powers and means to detect, investigate and prosecute corruption and related offences. The lack of trained staff, as well as the lack of adequate material resources, also affects the effectiveness of an anti-corruption agency. The anti-corruption agencies covered by this research are not empowered or resourced sufficiently, which may result in their ineffectiveness. This paper provides a set of recommendations in respect of the powers and strategies needed for a successful anti-corruption agency.
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Wang, Wai-hong Kenny. "Comparative studies of anti-corruption law between Hong Kong and China." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30402050.
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Philipp, Julia. "The Criminalisation of Trading in Influence in International Anti-Corruption Laws." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3574_1282236062.
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Despite being mentioned in most international anti-corruption instruments, trading in influence appears only rarely in the spotlight of legal practice and literature. This paper aims to shed some light on the issue. The main objective is to highlight the different forms of trading in influence stipulated in various international agreements and national laws in order to draw a comprehensive picture of this offence. Furthermore, by identifying and critically appraising the core issues connected with trading in influence, this paper aims to provide recommendations which may be of use to states obliged to implement or to consider implementing this offence.
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Hou, Xiaoyang. "The value of political connections : evidence from China's anti-corruption campaign /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?FINA%202007%20HOU.
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Marquette, Heather Anne. "The origins and development of the World Bank's anti-corruption programme." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4183/.
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This thesis is an evaluation of the World Bank's policies and strategies on anti-corruption work in the context of the global aid regime. In 1997, the Bank announced a four-pronged strategy to help its borrowers combat corruption, despite claiming in the past that it could not conduct work of this kind given the Bank's non-political mandate. Indeed, in the early 1990s, the Bank's General Counsel provided a new interpretation of the Bank's Articles of Agreement that still excluded work on corruption. Despite many attempts to reshape the discourse on corruption from a political one into an economic one, this issue of the non- political mandate has never been satisfactorily addressed. Instead, the Bank's anti-corruption work has become increasingly politicised as it moves from traditional public sector reform work to work on community empowerment and civil society. Additionally, the Bank has sought to mainstream this work on corruption into all of its programmes and regions, resulting in a programme that is overly complex and threatens the Bank's overall capacity as an institution. However, there is much good work being done - in upgrading the Bank’s procurement work, strengthening internal ethics, improving work on public sector reform and bringing international attention to the problem of corruption. This thesis argues that the Bank should focus on its strengths and avoid the more controversial and ineffective components of its anti-corruption programme, which threaten the credibility of the programme as a whole.
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Meskele, Mesay Tsegaye. "The legal framework of illicit enrichment in Ethiopian anti-corruption law." University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4570.
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Magister Legum - LLMCorrupt practices such as bribery and other abuses of public functions for private gain have been criminalised in almost all legal systems. Criminalisation of acts of corruption constitutes one of the major dimensions of the international anti-corruption instruments. The clandestine nature of corruption crimes creates difficulties in gathering evidence for prosecution and effective implementation of the law. To overcome such problems, some indicators of corruption such as possession of property that far exceeds legitimate sources of income need to be criminalised. It is also imperative to deal with the challenges associated with such criminalisation. This paper tries to analyse the challenges related to due process of law in the investigation and prosecution of illicit enrichment. Further, complexities associated with the process of recovering illicitly acquired assets, such as resources and expertise, as well as effective co-operation among various jurisdictions, need to be explored. Special consideration will be given to the criminalisation of illicit enrichment and its prosecution in the Ethiopian anti-corruption legal framework.
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Zběžková, Tereza. "Institucionální zakotvení protikorupční politiky: mezinárodní srovnání protikorupčních agentur a situace v České republice." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-205072.
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The subject of the thesis is the institutional framework of anti-corruption policy, in particular its anchorage in the form of specialized anti-corruption bodies, referred to as anti-corruption agencies. The aim is to address three main research questions: What specialized anti-corruption bodies exist in the world? How do specialized anti-corruption bodies operate in individual countries? What anti-corruption bodies do exist currently in the Czech Republic and what recommendations can be drawn from the foreign institutional arrangements? To answer them, the current state of research, recommendations and standards for the design and operation of specialized anti-corruption bodies is analysed first. The comparison of anti-corruption agencies in Lithuania, Latvia and Slovenia follows. On this basis, the current situation in the Czech Republic is assessed and recommendations are made. Partial aim of the thesis is to present international discussions and documents, the current state of reseach on this topic in the Czech language, as a comprehensive professional processing of this field is still missing.
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Krajčová, Jana. "Anti-Corruption Mechanism in Economic Models of Corruption." Doctoral thesis, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-276169.
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This dissertation consists of three chapters that, theoretically and experimentally, address the effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms. In the first chapter, I analyze the effects of monitoring on an agent's incentives in a two-period principal-agent model in which the agent decides on his effort and corruptibility. The agent's type and strategy are unknown to the principal. I compare incentive-compatible wages under three different scenarios: 1) the principal does not monitor and only observes output; 2) the principal monitors the agent's effort choice; and 3) the principal monitors the agent's corruptibility. I find that monitoring of effort improves the sorting of types but it might also give the agent more incentive to be corrupt. Monitoring of corruption does not improve the sorting of types but it negatively affects the agent's incentive to be corrupt. In the second and in the third chapter I analyze experimentally how promising as anti-corruption measures leniency policies really are. Buccirossi and Spagnolo (2006) had conjectured, based on theoretical work, that ill-designed legal environments might, in fact, produce results that contradict the intentions of the designers of the leniency policies. And, indeed, I demonstrate, for the first time as far as I know, that real-world subjects...
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Melo, Renata Blanc Esteves Bento de. "Essays on Anti-Corruption Disclosure." Doctoral thesis, 2016. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/83121.
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Melo, Renata Blanc Esteves Bento de. "Essays on Anti-Corruption Disclosure." Tese, 2016. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/83121.
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Wang, Liang-Neng, and 王良能. "Corruption And Anti-Corruption in China''s Open Door Policy." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69202995810820929045.
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博士國立臺灣大學
政治學研究所
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China''s corruption is linked both to its heritige of party- stateominance and to its new mixed economy. It is a very seriousoncern , and corruption has reached the point of threateningocial stability and order. The economic system remains irra-ional, but is undergoing profound change, creating enormouspportunities, legitimate and otherwise. The decline of com-unist values has given way to materialism and cynicism, ampering party efforts to address corruption, while the legalystem is unable to handle the new problems. Leading officialslunder assets. While the new mixed class of entrepreneurialnd bureaucratic elites enriches itself and challenges the oldarty-state system. These trends are producing major redistri-utions of wealth among individuals and across regions. Corruption may trigger a dynamic process, moving China fur-her toward rational and institutional government. Or it couldisrupt social progress and wipe out the remarkable economicccomplishments of the last decade. All depends upon whether theovernment has the capacity and the will to confront thepoliticalspects of the corruption crisis. Much of the public is outragedome forms of corruption, but lacks legitimate channels throughhich to express those grievances politically. Other forms oforruption are more widely tolerated,but this both reflects andnd intensifies the current crisis of values.A major step ofeform would be a relatively clear and accepted distinction betw-en public and private realms,politics and administration,colle-tive and individual interests,and state and society.An exten-ive and relatively open process of political contetion amonge essential to working out public norms. Creating publicorms represents an extraordinary difficult challenge.tiscleartomethatthecurrentsituation, inwhichextensive corruptionoexistswithrapidgrowthandonlylimited political response,can''tontinueindefinitely. EconomicreformsMayHaveReachedCrossroabds,butut where China will go next is a profounf political question.
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Chun-YuLiu and 劉純妤. "From Anti-Black Gold to Anti-Corruption: The Discourses of Anti-Corruption and their Influences of Law in Taiwan." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j6pcb4.
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碩士國立成功大學
法律學系
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SUMMERY This study is from the discourse of anti-corruption and law in Taiwan to discuss the issue: in the different periods of political and social context, the discourses of anti-corruption which faced the structural problem of corruption were how to participate the communication and contertation in society and law, and find the legal consciousness and criminal policy from the legislative discourse of controversial laws which framed by the discourses of Anti-Black Gold and the discourses of Anti-Corruption. The result of this study showed that although corruption in Taiwan was caused and shielded by the structure of improper Transfer of benefits which was composed of government and enterprise, to varying extent ,the discourses of anti-corruption trended to blame the corruption was caused by individuals and to make sense in society. Through the discursive contertation that different communitys involved, these discourses could make the image of corruption, and their types contained the discourses of corruption in authoritarian period, the discourses of Anti-Black Gold from 1990s to early 2000s, and the discourses of Anti-Corruption after 2006.Further, when the discourses of corruption joined the related legislative discourse at public field and legislative field, the image of criminal policy of anti-corruption that mainstream frame made partially explained money politics and agreed Sunshine Act. But in the main part of this frame, legal dynamic and policy discourses still focuse on the subject of anti-corruption of case, not on the transparency of system. Key words: discourse analysis, corruption, black gold
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Lee, Ting Jang, and 李燈燦. "Study on the Government''''s Corruption Problems And Anti-Corruption Strategy." Thesis, 1993. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72155560371766797667.
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Phiri, Peter Thokozani John. "Understanding corruption in Malawi: Sources of corruption and contraints on anti-corruption programmes (1994-2004)." Thesis, 2014.
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The main objective of this thesis was to disaggregate the dynamics of political corruption during periods of transformation. Using Malawi’s transitional period from autocracy to liberal-democratic rule (1994-2004) as a case study, the thesis aimed to identify the reasons why public perceptions suggested a proliferation of corruption during the first few years of institutional transformation. The research sought to isolate the characteristics of corrupt transactions and the constraints on anti-corruption regimes in order to draw lessons for political systems in developing countries in general and Malawi in particular.
The dissertation applies leading theories on the conceptualisation, causes, consequences and the control of corruption to evaluate Malawi’s experience. The findings illustrate that democratic reforms in themselves are not enough to instil positive values if the political will is absent. There is an association between the exploitation of institutional weaknesses by elites for political expediency for private gain and compromised anti-corruption measures. In addition to this, the wholesale importation of exogenous institutions into a context that lacks resources, political stability and context specific strategies contributes to the challenges that confront anti-corruption efforts.
The thesis finally presents a number of observations which include a call for the shift in the anti-corruption strategy that largely perceives corruption as acts of opportunism. It argues that in order for effective countermeasures to exist, conceptualisations of corruption should take into account public sentiments and opinions and not on “transplanted” legal frameworks. Corrective measures should be approached from a position where they are driven by input from a variety of sources inherent in the political system than merely as an institutional concern. At the macro level, an integrated approach that solidifies democratic institutions is more appropriate than the popular overreliance on criminal prosecutions. Further, there is need to have more coordination and communication amongst the management level of individual government departments and ministries to control it.
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Li, Tse-lung, and 李則龍. "Study on anti-corruption decision making." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26296522976440574411.
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碩士國立中山大學
經濟學研究所
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This paper discusses the rulers during the next anti-corruption decisions, taking into account how people with vested interests and the interests of the state, to maximize their support, come when the rulers themselves are clean, its anti-corruption efforts in determining the level hearts of the people would be more biased; But when the rulers themselves have their own vested interests, its anti-corruption efforts in determining the level, then there are three possible situations: (1) Representing favoring vested interests;(2) Will first favoritism and vested interest itself in the same camp, again consider the people, and finally considerations are not the same camp other vested interests;(3) First favoritism are not the same camp other vested interests, consider again the people, and finally consider itself in the same camp with vested interests. Furthermore, when the media more freedom (that is, people will offer to those in power and enhance anti-corruption efforts at the level of government functions), those in power in determining the level anti-corruption efforts, the heart would be more favoring vested interests. Finally, the anti-corruption activities affect the interests of those in power vested interests of the subject, although the use of political resources may cause some impact on the anti-corruption decisions of those in power, but vested interests themselves have to pay a lot, so it knows when the vested interests of those in power during the anti-corruption decisions will favor when comparing to it, it will not use its political resources; but if those in power in deciding anti-corruption action would be more people favor, in this state, the vested interests of both there is a risk of power through anti-corruption action to recover those in power, and therefore have an incentive to use their resources to influence the political rulers of anti-corruption action.
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Lin, Cheng-Yu, and 林承佑. "Investigating the 2006 Anti-corruption Movement." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43219881665325494012.
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碩士淡江大學
公共行政學系公共政策碩士班
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In 2006, corruption scandals exploded one after another in the Chen Shui-bian administration centered on his subordinates, father of his son-in-law, first lady, his son-in-law, and even the President himself. A series of scandals put the public into shock and disappointment which swiftly evolved a sense of dissatisfaction at the government in society. Therefore, Shih Ming-te’s advocating aroused astounding echo in society and created an unprecedented scene throughout the history of Taiwan’s social movement. Taking the anti-corruption movement in 2006 as example, this study aims to analyze secondary data based on the perspective of social movement. There are two main research questions in this study: (1) what is the opportunity for launching anti-corruption movement; (2) what kind of power emerges in the organization of anti-corruption movement. The paper is organized as follows: Chapter One sets out the introduction describing research motive and objective. Chapter Two reviews the theories related to social movement. Chapter Three looks into opportunity factors. Chapter Four discusses organizational factors. Finally, the conclusion is made in Chapter Five. The finding shows: (1) opportunity factor: the formation of anti-corruption movement might be originated from the disorder of government performance, successive explosion of scandals and influence of political system; (2) organizational factor: in addition to continuing traditional fashion, intellectuals－accounting for most members in this movement－designed new tactics to keep the operation of anti-corruption movement. However, this kind of member composition also underlay some later arguments about anti-corruption movement; (3) the mass who determined to join anti-corruption movement were significantly influenced by their party identification. In sum, many phenomena appeared in anti-corruption movement have been different from those taking place in Taiwan before. Examples ranged from special appeal, mobilization to carnival-like activities. Therefore, it is worthwhile to keep observing and researching whether these particular phenomena in anti-corruption movement will someday emerge in Taiwan again.
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Kaldas, Marian. "An interdisciplinary inventory of anti-corruption solutions : towards a better anti-corruption strategy adapted to Egypt's context." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24283.
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La présente thèse a examiné et discuté des mesures prises par le gouvernement égyptien pour lutter contre la corruption en fournissant une étude constructive et interdisciplinaire post-mortem critique du premier projet de stratégie nationale de lutte contre la corruption élaboré par l’Égypte en 2014 et devant s’appliquer de 2014 à 2018. Il visait à examiner dans quelle mesure les politiques mises en œuvre étaient susceptibles d'atteindre leurs objectifs, compte tenu du taux élevé de corruption administrative et des problèmes de gouvernance ayant fortement affecté l'application des réformes proposées dans ladite stratégie. L'objectif principal de cette thèse est de formuler des recommandations de réformes sur mesure afin de combler le fossé entre les réformes de gouvernance envisagées et la réalité sur le terrain. Comment la gouvernance législative de l’Égypte pourrait-elle tirer parti d’une panoplie de mesures correctives contre la corruption? Telle est la question de recherche que cette thèse a cherché à aborder. En vue d'atteindre cet objectif, la méthodologie s’est appuyée sur des données secondaires combinant une analyse documentaire, une analyse documentaire de solutions efficaces et l’expérience réussie des pays en développement dans la lutte contre la corruption, des formations aux institutions de lutte contre la corruption et de gestion, un examen des rapports, observations et connaissance du contexte particulier dédits pays. L'étude visait à créer un dialogue entre diverses disciplines dans le but d'identifier et de décrire les mesures efficaces susceptibles de garantir le succès des futures stratégies de lutte contre la corruption.
L'examen du contexte historique des efforts consentis par l'Égypte dans sa lutte contre la corruption, de 1952 à 2014, a montré que les dirigeants politiques égyptiens avaient affronté tous les problèmes de corruption en promulguant des lois sans accorder une attention soutenue au degré de leur mise en œuvre. La présente thèse vise à combler une lacune importante dans la recherche en proposant une étude interdisciplinaire du problème de la corruption administrative en Égypte, qui ne soit pas uniquement centrée sur la modification des lois. Toutefois, il convient de noter que l'approche interdisciplinaire ne compromet nullement le rôle de la loi dans la lutte contre la corruption, mais fournit à la loi un soutien et des ressources supplémentaires pour l'aider à atteindre l'objectif ciblé. Cette thèse a tenté de proposer des moyens efficaces de servir l'esprit de la loi et l'intention du législateur.
La recherche a conclu qu'il était recommandé que les décideurs politiques cherchent à adopter une approche à la fois plus disséminée, plus participative, plus protectrice et plus stimulante, lors de la mise en œuvre de stratégies futures de contrôle de la corruption et d'application des lois anticorruption. Outre le caractère exhaustif de l'approche proposée, la volonté politique de soutenir les mesures de lutte contre la corruption revêt, dans tous les cas, une importance primordiale.This thesis examined and discussed the measures undertaken by the Egyptian government to fight corruption by providing a critical post-mortem interdisciplinary constructive study of Egypt’s first drafted National Anti-Corruption Strategy that was developed in 2014, and scheduled to run from 2014-2018. It sought to examine the extent to which the implemented policies were likely to achieve their goals, given the high rate of administrative corruption and the governance problems that strongly affected the enforcement of the reforms proposed in the strategy. The main aim of this thesis is to formulate custom-made recommendations for reforms in an effort to bridge the gap between the intended governance reforms and the reality on the ground. How can Egypt’s legislative governance benefit from an inventory of anti-corruption remedies? That is the research question that this thesis sought to address. In order to serve this purpose, the methodology relied on secondary data that combined desk review, a literature review of effective solutions and successful in-progress countries’ experiences in tackling corruption, trainings in anti-corruption and management institutions, review of international organizations’ reports, observations and knowledge of the countries’ particular context. The study aspired to create a dialogue among a range of disciplines in an attempt to identify and describe the effective measures that would guarantee the success of the future anti-corruption strategies. The review of the historical background of Egypt’s efforts to fight corruption from 1952-2014 has shown that political leaders in Egypt have faced every corruption problem by promulgating laws without giving much attention to the degree of their implementation. This thesis fills an important gap in research by providing an interdisciplinary study of the problem of administrative corruption in Egypt that is not solely centered on changing the laws. However, it is important to note that the interdisciplinary approach does not undermine the role of the law in fighting corruption, rather it provides the law with additional support and resources to help it in achieving its intended goal. This thesis attempted to propose effective ways to serve the spirit of the law and the intention of the legislator. The research concluded that it is recommended that policy makers may seek to adopt an approach that is at the same time more disseminative, more participative, more protective, and more stimulating when implementing future strategies to control corruption and enforce anti-corruption laws. In addition to the comprehensiveness of this proposed approach, the political will to support anti-corruption measures is, in all cases, of paramount importance.
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Chiang, Chien-Ming, and 姜建明. "A Study on the Practicability of establishing Anti-corruption Bureau based on Anti-corruption policy and mechanism." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06031222790065857415.
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碩士義守大學
管理研究所碩士班
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The government with integrity and efficiency is the expectation of peoples. It is the target of government administration also. To establish the organization of Bureau of Anti-Corruption is one of the method to keep government with integrity and efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the opinion of the establishment of Bureau of Anti-Corruption. The conclusion will use for government reference in the establishment of Bureau of Anti-Corruption. This study collect and analysis data from the aspect of anti-corruption performance and function, and design the questionnaire to investigate the employee of the Bureau of the Investigation, Ministry of Justice to understand the employee’s opinion for establish the Bureau of Anti-Corruption. This study also visited the specialist to get the idea for the government reference to establish of Bureau of Anti-Corruption. This research use the questionnaire investigation method and aims at the employee of the Bureau of the Investigation, Ministry of Justice which worked at the south area in Taiwan, sending 200 questionnaires and receiving 145 ones. Apart from 2 invalid ones, there are 143 valid questionnaires and the rate of valid retrieval is 71.5%. The analysis of questionnaire is adopted Descriptive statistic, Analysis of Variance/T-Test, Reliability, etc. as the methods of statistic analysis. This paper analysis the ability of the establishment of Bureau of Anti-Corruption based on the public opinion、politics、management、technology and law. The conclusion shows the average value is between 1.811 with 4.301 in the all of variable of anti-corruption Policy and system. That means almost participant show the no idea or agree the opinion which suggest by this paper for the establishment of Bureau of Anti-Corruption.
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I-TangChen and 陳義堂. "The Study of Civil Service Corruption and Anti-Corruption Governance of Taiwan." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38742419055314855384.
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碩士國立成功大學
政治經濟學研究所專班
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Civil servants are responsible to obey the constitution and the laws, and strive to put them into operation. They must not feather their nests or accept bribes. However, there is some news catching the attention of the entire people these days. Some policemen are related to the amusement places owned by the gangsters, and some judges of high court were caught accepting bribes together. Judges and policemen are the last line of defense of the social justice but now it seems that the defense is destroyed easily. The ex-president even became the first sovereign who is sentenced to be imprisoned as an embezzler in Taiwanese history. The problem of corruption concerns the society again. These events ruin the image of the government and disclosure that the present Independent Commission Against governance cannot free the public servants from corruption. Therefore, the government must improve the way to avoid corruption and conform to the international trend of anti-corruption, so that we can enhance the overall national competitiveness. I did my research from the governance perspective to find out the plight of the Independent Commission Against governance. I explored current ICAC policies and practices, analyzed the current status of corruption of civil servants, and also referred to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and Transparency International (TI) developed the Corruption Perception Index, Bribe Payers Index and Global Corruption Barometer, survey of the three measurements corruption tools. Then I integrated the achievements of Hong Kong and Singapore’s Independent Commission Against governance. At the end, I proposed some suitable Independent Commission Against governance policies and practices for the country from the aspects of reducing corruption incentives, increasing transparency and strengthening the lesson responsibility. As conclusions and recommendations, the study found out that the Independent Commission Against governance is no longer limited to government departments, but also needs public and private sectors and civil society forces to promote the participation of the Independent Commission Against. We should build a transparent and clean political environment from the perspective of good governance, minimize the corruption of civil servants by strengthening anti-corruption education and civil service ethics, and construct the ICAC governance direction for our country by establishing social, community anti-corruption network and inviting external oversight power. Keywords:Corruption；Anti-Corruptionce；Anti-Corruption Governance；Civil Service Corruption
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Fan, Chung-Hsien, and 范忠賢. "The Study on Setting up Cross-strait Anti-corruption Mechanism and Comparison：An Investigation via Global Anti-corruption Movement." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m8yp9x.
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碩士國立中興大學
國際政治研究所
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Corruption is not only a regional concern but a global problem. This research adopted Globalization approach, National Development approach, System approach and, moreover, made a comparative analysis with Literature Research Method and Comparative Research Method. Finally this study advanced a research find and put forward to a proposal about future prospects and research suggestions. For this concern, this study aims at aware of current status of global anti-corruption and anti-bribery. This study was also evaluating the political integrity measures and well political culture of the Cross-Strait governments via indexes and related analyses released by international anti-corruption organizations. Besides, the research also analyzes the Cross-Strait anti-corruption mechanisms and policies such as anti-corruption facilities, anti-bribery regulations, anti-corruption strategies as well as measures. The Cross-Strait governments have serious corruption problems so that the research analyzed a comparison through corruption cases of the Cross-Strait governments. This study proposed findings and recommendations to policy-making references for the Cross-Strait so as to provide guidelines for countering against bribery and corruption via effective policies and measures.