37 datasets found

There are significant corruption risks during times of crisis. Civil society has an important role to play in ensuring funds to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic reach their destinat...

Ignorance, apathy and disempowerment are recurring drivers of impunity. Social accountability, on its part, aims to empower citizens with information and provide effective chann...

Utilizing a large-N data that covers about 20000 observations from about 200 countries from 1789to 2018 from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, and anchored on institut...

This guide is for CSOs (such as Transparency International chapters) that are considering embarking on collective action initiatives for business integrity in partnership with p...

If you’re one of the many honest government workers around the world looking to do the right thing, look away now — this guide isn’t for you! But if you’re one of the few wannab...

One in every three dollars that a government spends is on a contract with a company to deliver goods, works, and services to citizens. There is growing evidence that transpa...

E-Government is a government administration system that plays a vital role in the international global communication, and greatly determines the progress of a state. However, th...

In rapid development of Information Communication and Technology (ICT), citizens need fast and easy-to-access regarding e-Government services. To fulfil ...

This article develops a framework for conceptualising authoritarian governance and rule in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. After introducing the national and academic cont...

Legal empowerment refers to the use of laws and rights to increase relatively powerless populations’ control over their lives. A growing field, it overlaps with social accountab...

This article conceptualizes the concepts of Citizen Participation, Transparency, and Accountability in Vietnam. In the contested debates of the link between citizen participatio...

The government of Vietnam has implemented “the National Target Program on New Rural Development” for the period 2010–2020. The New Rural Development Program was launched in 2008...

In a Word With information and communication technology, civil society plays an increasing role in governance, promoting transparency and accountability to tackle corruption. De...

The wide discretionary powers of bureaucrats can undermine their impartiality, and result in decisions being made that are tainted by bias or have violated due process. Such opp...

Impunity and the transnational nature of corruption have led to calls for an international anti-corruption court that could hold kleptocrats accountable and spur governments to ...

E-governance has gained popularity in recent years, with many countries resorting to information communications technology (ICTs) to modernise government, increase efficiency an...

Corruption in the health sector can make the difference between life and death. It has severe consequences for access, quality, equity, efficiency, and efficacy of health servic...

Impartial, competent and efficient judiciaries are vital in addressing corruption. Both qualitative and quantitative aspects of performance should be considered when assessing t...

Getting urbanisation right is a prerequisite for human development and environmental sustainability. Yet, corruption risks in urbanisation abound and threaten to stymie ambition...

The media can play a paramount role in exposing corruption and initiating legal, political and penal action against it. Different media genres unfold their respective strengths ...