Kleptocracy and the Kazakhstan Crisis
Both Russian-led intervention and calls for Western sanctions demonstrate the transnational and kleptocratic aspects of Kazakhstan’s crisis of January 2022 On 5 January, following three days of protests which…
Enough of reductionist binary divides…
Professor Robert Barrington has offered some reflections prompted by the recent exchange between Matthew Stephenson and Bo Rothstein, seeking to contest the ‘narrative of anticorruption failure’. He appears to attribute…
Paying for a World Class Affiliation: Reputation laundering in universities
Researchers John Heathershaw and Tena Prelec explain the potential benefits in store for the super wealthy politically exposed persons (PEPs) donating to academia in pursuit of reputation laundering.
The differential impact of managerial civil service reform on corruption in developing and OECD countries
Researcher Christian Schuster shares research insights demonstrating that civil service reform and management practices cannot be applied indiscriminately in developing and OECD countries, as these reforms have differential effects on corruption.
Global Britain: Enabling Kleptocracy?
Researchers John Heathershaw and Tom Mayne describe how the UK may be failing to enforce laws designed to stop illicit financial flows and “foreign dark money” from entering the country.
Can public servants help prevent the resource curse in African countries?
Researcher Adam Harris discusses the results of surveys of public servants in ten countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe that focused on the experience of public servants in relation to public service management, their integrity, attitudes, and motivation to serve citizens and deliver policies in accordance with the public interest.
The case for accessible audit data: tracking the effectiveness of Indian governance schemes
GI-ACE researcher Amrita Dhillon explores the challenges of aggregating audit data of Indian government schemes in order to create a database that is accessible to policymakers, economists and academics.
Ethics Codes: How they can curb corruption in public service if part of a smart anti-corruption infrastructure
Researcher Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling discusses how the interaction of ethics codes and disciplinary codes affects corruption in public service.
Marking milestones in understanding the presence of corruption and the role of integrity among South African and Zambian urban planning professionals
One year further into its GI ACE-supported research concerning the role of integrity and corruption within the planning profession in Zambia and South Africa, the African Centre for Cities’ “Cities of Integrity” (COI) research team has hit new milestones and made progress in achieving its research objectives.
Bribery, gift-giving and social norms: understanding corruption in the Tanzanian health sector
GI ACE researcher Claudia Baez Camargo investigates the social norm of gift-giving in the Tanzanian health sector.