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Fail Again. Fail Better: Reform of the EU Banking Sector.

By on 27 June 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Financial Markets, Private sector

Samuel Beckett’s exhortation to “fail better” could also be applied to the EU banking sector. Time and time again, troubled financial institutions have been bailed out by the taxpayer because they have been perceived as “too important to fail”. The ability of a large number of banks to benefit from excessive risk-taking without fully absorbing [...]

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Ireland: Political leaders need to tackle fundamental governance gaps which enable corruption and undermine our economic stability

By on 6 June 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Private sector

It is no coincidence that countries suffering most from the European debt crisis also have major problems with corruption. While international indicators suggest that corruption is less pervasive in Ireland than, say, Greece or Spain, its ravaging impact on public finances is just as tangible. Corruption has played a starring role in our home-grown crisis. [...]

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Whistleblowers in Ireland

By on 27 December 2011 in ALAC, Europe and Central Asia, Financial Markets

Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer and consultant who recently visited Dublin to work with TI Ireland to give exposure to its groundbreaking programme to protect and encourage whistleblowers. German photographer Dagmar Morath accompanied him.   You don’t have to walk very far in downtown Dublin to run smack into grim fallout of the financial [...]

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Corruption in Europe: Taking the pulse, prescribing reform

By on 27 June 2011 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Measurement and Research

Paul Zoubkov and Helen Turek talk about Transparency International’s Europe wide initiative to improve national anti-corruption systems. Good governance, accountability and rule of law are among the key hallmarks of a healthy society, and yet right across Europe, there is a deep sense of frustration that key national institutions and actors are not living up [...]

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