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Does fighting corruption really make business sense?

17 December 2013 in Accountability, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Measurement and Research, Private sector

No doubt, business plays a crucial role in countering corruption. So as attempts have increased to motivate companies to engage in the fight against corruption more, so have references to the so-called “business case against corruption”. It argues that corruption is not only morally wrong and damaging to societies, but also detrimental to the companies […]

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An anti-corruption reform agenda for Bulgaria

8 August 2013 in Europe and Central Asia, People power

The immediate reason for the protests against the Bulgarian government, which started in mid-June and are still going on, was the appointment  of a person with a doubtful reputation, very low integrity and an obvious lack of competence in the eyes of public perception to head the state agency for national security. The lack of […]

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Bulgaria closes door on election monitors

6 December 2012 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Last week hundreds of Bulgarians protested in front of the Parliament, with some of them throwing tomatoes at the building of the legislature and calling for the end of corruption and “political hypocrisy”.  Reuters and the Financial Times quickly asked if this was a “tomato revolution against corruption”: “Nikolay Kolev, better known as ‘Bosiya’ (Barefoot), […]

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