The latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index shows Australia has reversed its decade-long slide, ranking back in the top 10 least corrupt countries.
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New Zealand has dropped six points on the main global index of perceived corruption. To turn that around, the government must guard against state capture by vested interests.
After rising five places in last year’s influential Corruption Perceptions Index, Australia has levelled off this year. This shows much work remains to be done.
Australia slipped from 7th to 18th in the rankings over the past decade. But this year we’ve climbed back to 13th thanks to reforms in key areas including the new National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans’ biggest concerns.
The Law and Order Index says South Africans feel less secure than people in Yemen, the DRC and Libya, countries all affected by violent conflict.
By exposing, prosecuting and sentencing Brazil’s corrupt politicians, prosecutors, judges and citizens are draining the swamp that has overwhelmed the country for so long.
Corruption in Nigeria is not something that can be blamed solely on multinationals. It is much, much more complex.
Companies complain that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act creates an uneven playing field when doing business abroad in places corruption flourishes. Are they right?
Corruption is an urgent global problem, one that costs the developing world dearly and badly slows its development down. But until recently, figuring out just how big the problem is, and what to do about…
Corruption, so it would seem, is the talk of the town. In the past week alone we’ve seen stories emerge of a high-ranking official at a respected Chinese university trying to emigrate to avoid prosecution…
Two recent events have highlighted the potential pitfalls of miners doing business in developing states. The first was the departure of Tom Albanese as Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive following a $13.3 billion…
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Professor of Public Policy, Adelaide University
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics, University of Nottingham
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor and Research Theme Leader of the Flourishing Life Research Theme, University of the Free State
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Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence (Law and Political Science), Yale University
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Professor of International Business & Strategy, Auckland University of Technology
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University