Corruption and strengthening anti-corruption efforts in healthcare during the pandemic of Covid-19

The Role of Corruption and Healthcare Expenditure in Healthcare Systems of the Persian Gulf Region

Background and Purpose: More than a third of the world’s population lack access to essential medicines, despite the presence of several international agreements that proclaim health as a human right. Corruption, in its many forms, such as bribery and embezzlement, causes several detrimental effects on the health sector and access to medicines including economic, health, and government ima...

Corruption and Anti-corruption in China: Challenges and Countermeasures

As in most of the developing countries, corruption is becoming one of the serious challenges in the process China is striding forward to modernization. However, corruption in China is different in nature and extent from that in other nations due to the political structure and reform policy China has implemented. This paper devotes to differentiating typologies of corruption, analyzing the cause...

Why Do so Many Anti-corruption Efforts Fail?

CRAWFORD SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT Corruption and Anti-Corruption

About the P About the P About the P About the P About the Policy Briefs olicy Briefs olicy Briefs olicy Briefs olicy Briefs This year the Crawford School of Economics and Government established an exciting series of Policy Briefs that provide three opinion pieces by researchers on a particular theme or topic. These briefs are designed to provide introductions into key public policy areas that a...

Health Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandemics are associated with significant and destructive national and global impacts on health, economy, society, and security. COVID-19 pandemic has imposed adverse economic consequences on the whole population. This is while the elderly and those with comorbidities, the economically disadvantaged and ethnic minorities were at increased risk of viral infection. Moreover, the mortality rate an...