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FIFA: how to win back trust

19 September 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Impunity, Private sector, Sport

Recently FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb admitted publicly that FIFA still had a lot of work to do to repair its battered image despite introducing a slew of organisational reforms. He’s right. FIFA is often seen as synonymous with scandal and not just for football fans. It is the butt of media satire, Twitter wit and […]

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World Cup winners and losers

16 July 2014 in Americas, Cost of Corruption, Europe and Central Asia, Human rights, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector, Sport

The 2014 World Cup had it all. Goals galore on the pitch, surprise results, tears and triumphs: a cornucopia of sporting excitement for a worldwide audience of more than a billion, culminating in a deserved win for an exceptional team from Germany. But it also had a series of own goals off the pitch by […]

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Corruption: An ongoing revolution in the Arab world

5 December 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Measurement and Research, People power

The Arab world witnessed unprecedented changes with the toppling of dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya last year. The Arab Spring served to transform the anti-corruption issue from the responsibility of a few, to the preoccupation of many. In most countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, trust in government remains low, with […]

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