According to the 2018 African Union Commission Report, Africa loses USD$60 billion each year due to corruption and illicit financial flows. In this blog post, Prof. Hajer Gueldich, Professor in Law at the University of Carthage, Tunisia, examines the African…
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“Merit” and “Corruption” in the African Higher Education System: Legal and Policy Reflections and Beyond
The higher education sector in Africa is blighted by several varieties of corruption, relating to grading, access to education, and involving various forms of influence ranging from gift-giving to sextortion. In this blog post, Dr Cristiano D’Orsi, Senior Research Fellow…
Linking transnational crime with corruption in developing states: Human Trafficking and Illegal Trade in Wildlife
Corruption and organised crime often go hand-in-hand. Professor Michèle Olivier, Associate Professor and Chair of Law at Dar Al-Hekma University, describes the nexus between these two phenomena in developing countries through the lens of human trafficking and the illicit wildlife…
Posted in Corruption in Africa, Regions
Commend and Condemn: A Strategy for Combating Corruption in Africa
Corruption is one of the most significant obstacles to Africa’s future development. Dan Kuwali, Extraordinary Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria, highlights the factors that allow corruption to flourish in African and presents a ten-point “commend and…
Posted in Corruption in Africa, Regions
ACA series: AFA, The French Anti-Corruption Agency
François Valérian, member of the International Board of Transparency International, writes about the development, design, remit, and record to-date of France’s nascent anti-corruption agency. The Agence Française Anti-corruption (French Anti-Corruption Agency, AFA) was created by a 2016 law voted under…
Posted in Governance, Regions
Corruption in Romania and beyond: lessons from Colectiv
Jerry Beere, who is currently taking the online Masters in Corruption & Governance course, looks at the film Colectiv, and what it can tell us about corruption in Romania and beyond – as well as the roles that film and…
The USA continues to drift down corruption league tables; where to now?
The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index was published on 28 January 2021. One score that was eagerly awaited was that of the USA. Perhaps predictably, the US performed worse than it did in 2019. Is Donald Trump’s departure likely to mark…
Posted in Regions
Regime change and the rule of law: Serbia’s lessons to Montenegro
Montenegro’s new government was voted in on 4 December, heralding regime change after almost three decades (although former prime minister Milo Đukanović remains president). Tena Prelec, Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of…
Public spending must be regulated, even in an emergency: reflections from the Philippines
In times of crisis, rules regulating the procurement process and the disbursement of public funds are often discarded, to speed up the acquisition of necessary goods and the provision of services. But, argues Nelia Lagura Prieto, anti-corruption lawyer and CSC…
Sri Lanka election result paves way for state capture
Recent elections in Sri Lanka open the way for major constitutional reform by a party and President that have already indicated their plans to remove key checks on power. Sankhitha Gunaratne, Senior Manager – Advocacy at Transparency International Sri Lanka,…
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