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...

CIPE and its partners have been at the forefront of combating corruption for the past twenty years. CIPE’s approach has been unique because it does not intend to place the burden of responsibility for corruption on government offi cials alone, as it is often done. Instead, by arguing that the private sector is also a participant in corruption, CIPE and its network of partners in over 90 countri...

The coronavirus pandemic has created incentives for corruption, fraud, and self-dealing that can be explained by the underlying political-economic at work. Three characteristics of COVID-19 crisis are especially important. First, rapidly unfolding accompanying economic recession have led to fierce competition essential resources. Second, governments mobilized public funds (for both healthcare s...

The thesis contributes to the understanding of the influence of corruption on paths of sustainable development. At different stages, the study shows how corruption hinders economic growth and diminishes the stringency of environmental protection – two fundamental components of sustainable development. Furthermore, the study includes the related issue of the determinants of corruption levels. Ch...

Numerous investigations demonstrate that the problem of corruption in the health sector is enormous and has grave negative consequences for patients. Nevertheless, the problem of corruption in health systems is far from eminent in the international health policy debate. Hutchinson, Balabanova, and McKee have identifed in their Editorial five reasons why the health policy community has been relu...

Political Science. This paper benefited greatly from comments from Geof Wood and discussions with J. Allister McGregor at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath and later with Eric Worby in Bangladesh. It began life as a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), but the views represented here are those of the author alone. Summary This paper bri...

The world's health systems are vulnerable to corruption in every country and at every level from central government to patients themselves, according to an encyclopaedic report into corruption released by Transparency International. The Global corruption report 2006 documents corruption on a vast scale in both rich and poor countries, and its enormous cost to public health. Each year hundreds o...

Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Where it does not exist, pliant prosecutors, judges, and court staff may ignore criminal acts of corruption or have them improperly dismissed. Biased appointments, promotions, and disciplinary processes mean that justice sector staff may be ill-equipped to handle complex cases, including those involving corruption. The UNCAC's unique provisions for...

Comparative political economy offers a wealth of intriguing hypotheses connecting political decentralization to better public service delivery, improved governance, and reduced corruption. Although highly influential, recent formal and experimental work has begun to question the underlying theory and empirical analyses of previous findings. At the same time, many countries have grown dissatisfi...