In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher openness, more access to media and relatively higher wages of government employees are markedly less corrupt; while social heterogeneity, regulation, abunda...

objective: to identify the relationship between socioeconomic status, health system development and the incidence, prevalence and mortality of  tuberculosis in asia and the pacific. methods: incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of  tuberculosis and 20 variables of  socioeconomic, health system and biological behavioral issues were included in the study involving all 46 countries of  the as...

Anti-corruption expertise of regulatory legal acts and their drafts plays an important role in the anti-corruption system, as it allows to assess reduce corruption potential defects thereby prevent emergence development relations process law enforcement. The doctrinal approaches presented today specialized literature applied interpret object subject do not reveal entire cognitive these categori...

Financial incentives may provide a way of reducing the burden of chronic diseases by motivating people to adopt healthy behaviours. While it is still uncertain how effective such incentives could be for promoting health, some argue that, even if effective, there are ethical objections that preclude their use. One such argument is made by Michael Sandel, who suggests that monetary transactions c...

The results of dissertation research "Preventing and combating corruption in public procurement" are presented in this publication. The study was conducted 2011 till 2013 in a Member State of the European Union– in the Republic of Latvia. Goal of the thesis is to explore corruption prevention and combating issues in public procurement sphere, to identify the prevalence rates, determinants and c...

This companion paper suggests the potential benefits of applying Steven Lukes’ dimensions of power model to the study of corruption in health systems. Lukes’ model sets out three “faces of power” classified by their influence on political discourse, resulting in overt, covert and latent discussion of issues depending on the degree of their alignment with the agenda of d...

The problems of the anti-corruption strategy, issues elimination criminal factors, improvement legislation and activities law enforcement agencies are analyzed.
 Anti-corruption should be solved systematically in a set integrative measures state-political, socio-economic, national-cultural, informational, criminological, legal moral.
 priorities implementation such course urgent strat...