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What does monitoring campaign finance tell us about Czech elections?

6 October 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Transparency International Czech Republic has been monitoring campaign financing in the eight largest Czech cities and the results are not good. They show that nearly one-third of the parties monitored posted a near-failing grade for transparency. The recently published results show how secretive campaign income and expenses have become as campaigns get more expensive. Due […]

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Are UK organisations merely paying lip service to whistleblowing?

26 November 2013 in Accountability, Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Private sector, Whistleblowing

This year whistleblowing has been the media’s darling, dominating headlines around the world. Secretive governments, irresponsible banks, crooked businesses and unsafe healthcare have come under the spotlight thanks to workers finding the courage to speak up about wrongdoing. Public inquiries into scandals have recommended better whistleblowing arrangements as a means to combat corruption and abuse. In […]

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Bangladesh: citizens doubt performance of politicians

19 October 2012 in Asia Pacific, Politics and government

A new survey on the performance of MPs by Transparency International Bangladesh is creating a media storm nationally and elsewhere. Since we released it at the start of the week, there have been hundreds of news stories, dozens of newspaper editorials and more than 20 hours of talk shows on nearly all our TV channels, […]

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New report: Connecting Corruption and Human Rights

12 June 2009 in Human rights, Measurement and Research

Human rights and corruption are not always connected as being integral parts of the same power game of abuses – political, economic, social and cultural. Yet the ties between them have been growing stronger for too long as corruption is increasingly used as a means and ends to human rights violations: The stealing of oil […]

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Have you paid a bribe last year?

3 June 2009 in Measurement and Research

Have you paid a bribe in the previous 12 months? This is one of the multitude of questions Transparency International asked more than 73.000 people in 69 countries to address, in the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer, published today, 3 June. The Barometer is a global public opinion survey that looks at perceptions and experiences of […]

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Global Corruption Barometer: The human dimension

13 May 2009 in ALAC, Anti-corruption movement, Measurement and Research, Politics and government

Transparency International wants to hear your story! The Global Corruption Barometer is a global public opinion survey commissioned by Transparency International, which looks at the corruption-related perceptions and experiences of ordinary people. It asks people which institutions most frequently extort bribes, which institutions are perceived to be most compromised by corruption, and asks a whole […]

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On the Spot: Huguette in Kenya

18 March 2009 in Africa and Middle East

The second stop on my East African tour took me to Nairobi, Kenya. Once we had arrived, Rima and I met with the staff of Transparency International Kenya to discuss the many different projects they are currently working on – from ensuring good governance in water, health and education sectors to advocating for policy and […]

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