The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has now been around for well over a decade (see here for more on the EITI’s history). Formed as a response to the much vaunted ‘resource curse’, the EITI has developed a position for…
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On collision course: anti-corruption in Tanzania under Magufuli
Nicknamed the ‘bulldozer’, Pombe Magufuli is fast becoming a proverbial knight in shining armour just weeks after he was sworn-in as the fifth president of Tanzania. His radical approach to public service reform, economic austerity and anti-corruption is being hailed…
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German party finance; from the sublime to the ridiculous
Strange things have recently been afoot in the normally sanguine world of German party finance. Back in October 2014 the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a new(ish) right-wing party, mutated in to a gold selling business so as to claim extra funds from the…
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The challenge of armchair auditing
In August 2010 the then Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, announced that he wanted to empower “an army of armchair auditors” to scrutinise the work of his department. This move would signal the beginning of a “new era” of government transparency…
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The challenge of dealing with military corruption in Nigeria
Colonel Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser to the Federal Government of Nigeria, is waiting to go on trial for corruption in the richest, most populated and many think the most corrupt country in Africa. This story (see here…
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Rotting from the head down: Institutionalised corruption in Lesotho
Just before the Lesotho parliament was dissolved ahead of the general election in February 2015, the then (and still) Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) provoked a social media storm by suggesting, in parliament, that government would have to pay off the…
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Franz, please, say it ain’t so …
For a sports fan of a certain age, the summer of 2015 has had rather a depressing feel to it. Not so much on account of any particular events that have taken place out on the field of play, but…
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The Evolution of the FCPA: Navigating the Japanese-African business environment
On 28 September 2015 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a press release stating that the Japanese multinational conglomerate, Hitachi Ltd, had been charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Hitachi agreed to pay USD 19…
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Of nuclear zombie blasters and party funding
Of nuclear zombie blasters and party funding. Reflections on the anti-corruption discourse and party funding reform in Great Britain… A couple of days ago there was a review on the Global Anti-Corruption Blog (GAB) investigating the recent work done by…
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Summertime blues? Far from it, as SCSC members write, talk and impact their way forward
The summer break hasn’t meant that members of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption (SCSC) have been twiddling their thumbs; far from it, as Dan Hough reports back on. Corruption doesn’t take a summer break and neither does…
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