Juan Cepeda, an alumnus of the LLM in Corruption, Law & Governance at the Centre for the Study of Corruption, looks at the Odebrecht case in Mexico. He assesses whether the unique profile and features of the case will make…
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What lessons can be learnt from Ireland’s lobbying regulation?
Megan Roe who is currently taking the Masters in Corruption & Governance at the Centre for the Study of Corruption, looks at what lessons the UK might learn from Ireland about the regulation of lobbying – an issue with particular…
Building public procurement integrity in Jamaica
Public procurement is one of the key ways of corruptly channelling money out of the state, not least because it is one of the few areas of public spending where there is significant discretion. In a well-functioning state, there are…
Posted in Governance, Regions
Corruption; a world tour
Last week, Transparency International published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. In three articles published in newspapers and magazines around the world, Dan Hough, Professor of Politics, looks at what the CPI can – and can’t – tell us about corruption…
Posted in Regions
Trump, Corruption and Impeachment
With an impeachment process against US President Donald Trump underway, Dan Hough, Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex, examines whether the actions of President Trump fall under standard definitions of corruption. He concludes that if you are interested…
South Africa’s New Party Financing Laws Have a Major Flaw
New party financing laws in South Africa are welcome, in the wake of blatant state capture under President Zuma. But University of Sussex PhD researcher Albertus Schoeman argues that they fail to address two issues that are key to understanding…
Strengthening electoral accountability is crucial in tackling corruption in the Western Balkans
In another take on flawed electoral accountability, Albana Shehaj (Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University) argues that corrupt politicians are too easily able to use state resources to buy off voters. We should focus our…
Tagged with: #corruption, accountability, Albania, anti-corruption protests, Western Balkans
Posted in Governance, Politics, Regions, Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Governance, Politics, Regions, Sussex-Harriman conference
The chronic vulnerability of the Western Balkans makes the region a key target for human trafficking
Human trafficking by local and international criminal syndicates came to the Balkans during the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo during the 1990s. Tanya Domi (Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University) argues that an…
Tagged with: #corruption, Bosnia and Herzegovina, human trafficking, Western Balkans
Posted in Regions, Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Regions, Sussex-Harriman conference
Holidays bring warning messages: a Chinese approach to stopping graft
In the holiday season in China, public officials receive messages from the anti-graft watchdog warning them that “gift-giving is not allowed during the holidays”. Yang Wu, a PhD researcher at the CSC, explains the logic behind the messages With the…
Posted in Regions
Fieldwork notes on traffic police corruption in Ghana
The phenomenon of traffic police abusing their power to extract small bribes from drivers is common in many countries. But how do drivers feel about it and why is it so difficult to tackle? Sussex PhD student Riccardo d’Emidio is exploring…
Posted in Regions
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