Na eerdere publicatie dit jaar in Me Judice (vooral een ESB-publiek) lees hier de bijdrage van Muel Kapteijn zoals nu opgenomen in Civis Mundi van vrijdag 27 juni 2014, ga naar http://www.civismundi.nl/?p=artikel&aid=2328&
Evaluation of anti-corruption reforms and programmes by Jesper Johnson, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre 140604, Evaluation of anti-corruption reforms http://betterevaluation.org/blog/anti-corruption-evaluation Week 23: Evaluation of anti-corruption reforms and programmes – don’t give up before you even try! 04th June 2014 by Jesper Johnson, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre. Jesper highlights a frequent confusion among anti-corruption practitioners between the … Lees meer
140425, Inside the USA, least and most corrupt States. Comment: It would be courageous for the TI-staff in Berlin to use the data from this article, apply to them the methodology they use to make the CPI, and to find whether the result would be the same as the result reached by Liu and Mikesell. … Lees meer
Laatste update: 1 juni 2014 12:52 [lees ook het toegevoegde artikel uit Wall Street Journal, 4 juni 2014] ‘Bewijs dat WK door omkoping is toegewezen aan Qatar’ The Sunday Times zegt bewijzen in handen te hebben dat het WK 2022 door omkoping in handen is gekomen van Qatar. Dat bericht de Britse krant zondag. Mohammed bin Hamman … Lees meer
140518, ‘Y’, info in staccato, ga naar www.corruptie.org voor documentatie ‘Y’ Commissarisen van Politie dekken elkaar wanneer een collega beschuldigd wordt van wangedrag, als die collega al niet crimineel bezig was. De kleine straatagent is de klos. Academisch onderzoek toont aan dat een Commissaris van Politie inderdaad gestelde regels overtrad, en daarmee … Lees meer
Trade Misinvoicing Drained US$763.4bn from Poor Countries in 2011 See for the original article in the Economist: http://www.economist.com/news/international/21601537-trade-weakest-link-fight-against-dirty-money-uncontained The Economist Highlights the Scourge of Trade Misinvoicing Trade Misinvoicing Drained US$763.4bn from Poor Countries in 2011, according to GFI Research WASHINGTON, DC – The latest issue of The Economist profiles the problemof trade-based money … Lees meer
Not everything should be for sale, see: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23306-neoliberalisms-war-on-democracy Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade, and deregulation. It privileges personal responsibility over larger social forces, reinforces the gap between the rich and poor by redistributing wealth to the most powerful and wealthy individuals and groups, and … Lees meer
The deal was announced quietly, just before the holidays, almost like the government was hoping people were too busy hanging stockings by the fireplace to notice. Flooring politicians, lawyers and investigators all over the world, the U.S. Justice Department granted a total walk to executives of the British-based bank HSBC for the largest drug-and-terrorism … Lees meer
There is enough research to show massive capital drain from Africa and that Africa is a net creditor to Europe and North America. Without an African central bank functioning under democratic control and a credible African currency, the drain of resources will continue to rob Africa the means to achieve development, See http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91371
2014 World Bank Spring Meetings: Civil Society Policy Forum Thursday, April 10, 2014, 9:00am – 10:30am In related recent events, the World Bank has pledged to help eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 and the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons, advising on the … Lees meer