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Are high bribery rates in poor countries blocking development?

9 July 2013 in Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Education, Human rights, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development

New findings from the United Nations show that global development commitments – called the Millennium Development Goals – are off track. Governance and corruption are one of the culprits. Yet whole regions are behind on achieving the targets set for 2015, such as making sure all children are in school and that women get proper […]

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Will the fruits of Africa’s commodity boom be lost to corruption?

4 April 2012 in Africa and Middle East, European Union, Poverty and development, Private sector

As the prices of oil and other non-renewable commodities begin to soar once again, anti-corruption activists from DR Congo, Ghana, Liberia and Zimbabwe were in Brussels last week with the message that there is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get their economies on a sustainable development path, a path that has been blocked by corruption in […]

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Ghanaian students stand up to corruption

4 August 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Education, People power, TISDA

Transparency International’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres provide free assistance to victims and witnesses of corruption, helping them to pursue their complaints. They process thousands of cases each year in more than 40 countries. This is one of them.

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