Anti-corruption - Articles

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Do Customs Trade Facilitation Programmes Help Reduce Customs-Related Corruption? (with Frank Ferguson and Alisher Karimov), World Customs Journal (2010)

Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue...

 

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What Do we Know about Corruption (and Anti-Corruption) in Customs? (with Nigel Moore), World Customs Journal (2010)

What are the lessons from anti-corruption programmes in Customs agencies over the last 20 years?...

 

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Issues in Anti-Corruption Law: Drafting Implementing Regulations for Anti-Corruption Conventions in Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, Journal of Legislation (2010)

Since the mid-1990s, many Eastern European and Former Soviet countries have adopted anti-corruption laws. These...

 

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What Does Kosovo Teach Us About Using Human Rights Law to Prosecute Corruption Offences?, Under Review (2010)

If a patient must pay a bribe to obtain life-saving surgery, does the doctor’s solicitation...

 

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Should the World Customs Organisation Develop a Hard Law Approach to Anti-Corruption in Customs?, Conference Presenation for the International Conference on Anti-Corruption Work in Customs (2009)

The WCO, among international organisations, remains conspicuously absent in its work on anti-corruption. This brief,...

 

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Issues in Anti-Corruption Law: Can an Activist Regulatory Stance Overcome Legislative Problems in Preventive Anti-Corruption Agencies Like Montenegro’s?, Working Papers (2009)

Article 6 of the UN Convention Against Corruption requires that signatory states establish an anti-corruption...

 

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Issues in Anti-Corruption Law: How Can Code of Conduct Laws Be Drafted in Order to Reduce Corruption in a Public Sector like Romania’s?, Working Papers (2009)

International organisations, like the UN and EU, have encouraged their member states for years to...

 

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The Evolution of the Anti-Corruption Industry in the Third Wave of Anti-Corruption Work, Proceedings from the Konstanz Anti-Corruption Conference (2009)

Work on anti-corruption has changed significantly in the mid-1990s -- reflecting a "third wave" of...

 

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Conflict of Interest and Public Party Finance (Corruption Remix), European Union (2008)

This presentation presents an overview of conflict of interest anti-corruption activities aimed at political corruption.

 

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When EU Law meets Arabic Law: Assessment of Anti-Corruption Law in Morocco and Some Proposed Amendments (with Abdelaziz Nouaydi), Submitted to Arab Law Quarterly (2008)

This article reviews the present state of the adoption of anti-corruption legal provisions usually adopted...

 

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Implementing International AntiCorruption Conventions, EUCRIM - International Criminal Law Associations Forum (2008)

This article, which appeared in the EUCRIM, discusses legal items to be included in implementing...

 

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Quantitative Methods of Anti-Corruption Agencies and Internal Security Units, OLAF (2008)

This presentation, made to representatives of the OLAF and heads of EU anti-corruption agencies, discusses...

 

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Anti-Corruption Law in Local Government: Legal Issues related to Ordinance- Design and Municipal-Level Anti-Corruption Agencies in Macedonia, Working Paper Series (2008)

Macedonian municipalities should pass anti-corruption ordinances in order to reduce corruption. The paper reviews the...

 

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ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW: LESSONS FOR FORMER SOVIET COUNTRIES FROM AZERBAIJAN, Working Paper (2008)

This article discusses the problems with the legal framework regulating anti-corruption work in Azerbaijan and...

 

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Organic Regulation Establishing an Internal Affairs Unit in Customs (2008)

The following regulation served as a model for establishing several elements of the work of...

 

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Policy Briefing Note: Drafting Executive Regulations to Fight Corruption (with Habit Hajredini), EUCRIM (submitted) (2007)

This paper provides, in a concise way for policymakers, proposals for regulatory drafting in executive...

 

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Suing Against Corruption, Policy Innovations (Carneigne Foundation) (2007)

This article presents suggestions for making anti-corruption self-enforcing.

 

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Implementing International Anti-Corruption Conventions, EU Directorate for Enlargement (2007)

How can the Kosovar authorities design law enforcement systems which help promote the implementation of...

 

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Drafting Implementing Regulations for International Anti-Corruption Conventions, Queen Elizabeth House Working Papers (2007)

How can executive agencies in developing countries implement international conventions against corruption? This paper looks...

 

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What Does the UN Convention on Corruption Teach Us About International Regulatory Harmonisation?, SSRN Working paper (2007)

Should international institutions promote international regulatory harmonisation? This paper will present arguments, looking at the...

 

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Fighting Corruption on the Transdnistrian Border: Lessons from Successful and Failed Anti-Corruption Programmes, American University of Paris Working Papers (2007)

In 2007, both Moldovan and Ukrainian authorities took firm steps to reduce corruption along the...

 

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Problems and Prospects of the Second Wave of Anti-Corruption, OECD (2007)

This presentation presents the failures of the anti-corruption industry to reduce corruption world-wide. Remedies are...

 

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Implementing the UN Convention Against Corruption, United Nations (2007)

The presentation shows, article by article, practice activities law enforcement agencies can take when implementing...

 

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The Role of Incentive Design in Parliamentarian Anti-Corruption Programmes, Council of Europe reprint (2006)

What incentive do parliamentarians have to implement anti-corruption recommendations made by organisations such as the...

 

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Anti-Corruption Knowledge Management, Utstein 4 (2005)

How can donor organisations stop repeating their mistakes and learn from their past projects? This...

 

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Anti-corruption Training Programmes in Central And Eastern Europe (2004)

This book shows the nexus of training programmes undertaken by Central and Eastern European countries....

 

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Improving the OECD's Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2004)

This presentation shows the problems and pitfalls of the OECD Istanbul Action Plan against Corruption...

 

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Questioning Public Sector Accountability, Public Integrity (2004)

The rise of accountability seems to unambiguously promote more responsible, effective and participatory public sector...

 

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Preventing a Development Disaster in Iraq, World and I (2003)

This article provides a road-map for development in Iraq and predicts much of the subsequent...

 

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What Does the UN Convention Against Corruption Teach About Regulatory Convergence?, Japanese Economic Association (2003)

This presentation provides an empirical assessment of the UN Convention Against Corruption and presents an...

 

Anti-Corruption - Powerpoints

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The Prosecution and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Illicit Enrichment, Academy of Judges and Prosecutors (2011)

These training slides show prosecutors and judges how to find and recover the proceeds of...

 

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Using Court Statistics to Improve Justice Sector Outcomes in Armenia, EU - TAIEX (2009)

This presentation discusses the collection and use of court statistics in order to improve justice...

 

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Mutual Legal Assistance for Accession and ENP Countries, EU (2009)

This presentation provides a strategy for adopting the provisions related to mutual legal assistance in...

 

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Use of Functional Reviews and Audits in Eastern European Public Administration, UN-Latvian Government (2009)

This presentation provides an overview of the internal audit methodology as applied to functional reviews...

 

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Basic Legal Concepts in Anti-Corruption: Defining Jurisdiction, Civil Remedies, and Damages in the Case of Albania, Polis - Albanian Journal of Public Policy (2008)

This article describes the basic legal concepts involved in an anti-corruption programme. The article provides...

 

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Jurisdictional Issues in Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement: Issues for Bosnia, EU DG for Enlargement (2008)

This presentation presents an overview of the methods of handling corruption in the police agencies...

 

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Anti-Corruption Law: Corporate Defences, Imputed Liability and Claim Fustration, C5 (2008)

This presentation discusses many of the legal issues involved in corruption cases involving multi-national companies...

 

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The European Law Enforcement Net: Europol and Eurojust, EU DG for Enlargement (2008)

This presentation provides the basics on Europol and Eurojust for investigators and prosecutors in European...

 

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Communicating Anti-Corruption Campaigns, European Union Directorate for Enlargement (2007)

How can government agencies communicate their anti-corruption programmes? Anti-Corruption communications is more than propaganda and...

 

Investment

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Whither Turkish Capitalism?, Turkish Review (2012)

Turkish families will likely cede their controlling interests in Turkey’s dominant holding companies in the...

 

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Foreign Under-Investment in US Securities and the Role of Relational Capital, Working Papers (2010)

Over 70 academic papers attempt to explain why foreigners invest in US securities. All ignore...

 

Public Sector

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The Size and Structure of Government (with Maja Popov), working paper (2010)

Does government size and structure adapt to changes in government’s organisational environment (particularly to uncertainty...

 

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Questioning Public Sector Accountability, Public Integrity (2004)

The rise of accountability seems to unambiguously promote more responsible, effective and participatory public sector...

 

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Challenge of International Fiscal and Monetary Transparency, Birmingham Conference on eGovernment (2003)

This presentation reviews the main arguments made in the eponymous paper about the role of...

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Ukraine: Why to Do It and How to Do It, National Economics Academy (2007)

This presentation provides the basics of corporate social responsibility (CSR), providing lessons for Ukrainian business...

 

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Recent Trends and Regulatory Implications of Socially Responsible Investment, OECD (2006)

How should developing countries (and particularly Turkey) regulate socially responsible investment? This presentation presents the...

 

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Designing Stakeholder Boards in Developing Countries, Governance (2005)

This short article describes the prospects and pitfalls of using stakeholder boards -- particularly with...

 

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Overview and Critique of Corporate Social Responsibility, World Council for Corporate Governance (2003)

This presentation provides an overview (from the social, political and economic perspectives) of Corporate Social...

 

Others

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Saving Ukraine One Block at a Time, book review (2010)

book review for mongraph on local associations in Ukraine

 

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How to Draft Comments on Legislation, University of Paris Teaching Paper (2008)

This hand out provides tips for my students in legal drafting and analysis. The Romanian...

 

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Using Tutorials in the Development of Economics and Management Thinking Skills, Journal of Economics and Management (2004)

One of the primary goals of educating in economics and management (E&M) is to teach...

 

Legislative Acts from Around the Planet

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Morocco Law on Anti-Corruption Agency (English Remix) (2006)
 

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Romanian Whistleblower's Law (2004)

The English version of the Romanian Whistleblower's Law

 

My Legal Drafts

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Model Ethics Office Regulation (2008)

This regulation serves as a Model for all government agencies seeking to implement an Ethics...

 

Foreign Language Documents

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KONCEPTET LIGJORE BAZË TË ANTI-KORRUPSIONIT: PËRCAKTIMI I JURIDIKSIONIT, ZGJIDHJET CIVILE DHE DËMSHPËRBLIMET - RASTI I SHQIPËRISË, Polis - Revistë Shkencore e Fakultetit të Shkencave Sociale (2008)

Ndonëse për më shumë se 10 vjet organizatat ndërkomëtare, të tilla si Organizata për Bashkëpunim...

 

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Антикорупційні заходи в Україні на придністровському кордоні, Journal of the Ukrainian National Academy of Public Administration (2008)

Значний рівень корупції в Україні обумовлює актуальність і нагальність антикорупційних програм і постійний перегляд, оновлення...

 

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Закон за спречување на корупција во локалната власт: Правни прашања поврзани со дизајнирање на прописи и тела за спречување на корупција на локално ниво во Македонија, Queen Elizabeth House Working Paper (2008)

Општините во Република Македонија треба да усвојат прописи за спречување на корупција со цел да...

 

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Информирование общественности о вопросах коррупции: практика Европейского Союза в применении внутреннего и внешнего социального маркетинга, Government of Ukraine (2007)

This presentation, in Russian language, describes the design of effective anti-corruption communications.

 

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Улучшение эффективности работы государственного сектора , National Economics Academy (2007)

This presentation (in Russian) presents the concept of social capital and some of the current...

 

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Extradition Law and the Ukraine: Looking for Principles in the ECHR's Case Law, EU (2009)

This presentation provides a review of ECHR's case law since 2005 related to extradition cases....