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Putting public sector corruption on the map

3 December 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Aid, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Measurement and Research, Miscellaneous, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

The Corruption Perceptions Index, the annual index of perceived levels of public sector corruption around the globe, enters its 20th year of publication this year. Over the past two decades, the index has become one of the key corruption indices worldwide. There is a Harvard case on it and it has even been used as a […]

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Publishing what you fund can stop corruption

25 October 2013 in Access to information, Accountability, Aid, Measurement and Research, Poverty and development

The unthinkable just a few years ago is now starting to happen: sunlight is slowly beginning to shine on aid flowing from donors to countries in need. Timely, understandable, accessible and detailed information about what the United States or the United Kingdom is giving – from Afghanistan to Zambia – is starting to be published. […]

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