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Secrecy breeds corruption

11 February 2015 in Accountability, Cost of Corruption, Financial Integrity, Private sector

  This week the New York Times is running a series of hard-hitting investigative reports into who is buying luxury apartments in a single skyscraper overlooking Central Park in New York City, called Time Warner Center, and how they are doing it. It has highlighted a dubious bunch of big spenders allegedly enjoying the proceeds […]

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Keeping their word: a look at politicians running on anti-corruption platforms

4 October 2013 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Politics and government

The international community is far less tolerant of corruption than it was only 20 years ago. There is a growing outrage from civil society and research has increasingly demonstrated the negative effects of corruption on political stability, economic growth and poverty alleviation. One could say that anti-corruption is “hip”. This trend is also reflected in […]

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