Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries

Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries

Author: Jon S. T. Quah

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2011-07-21

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 0857248200

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As corruption is a serious problem in many Asian countries their governments have introduced many anti-corruption measures since the 1950s. This book analyzes and evaluates the anti-corruption strategies employed in Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.


Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes

Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes

Author: Christopher Carothers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-04-07

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1316513289

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Reveals how meaningful corruption control by authoritarian regimes is surprisingly common and follows a different playbook than democratic anti-corruption reform.


Curbing Corruption in Asia

Curbing Corruption in Asia

Author: Jon S. T. Quah

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Academic

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13:

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This academic study examines how corruption is controlled in six Asian countries, namely Hong Kong, India, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore and South Korea. These countries illustrate between them three patterns of corruption control in Asian countries. Pattern 1 is demonstrated by Mongolia, which has anti-corruption laws but no independent agency. Pattern 2 is illustrated by India and the Philippines as they have many anti-corruption laws and anti-corruption agencies. Pattern 3 refers to the implementation of anti-corruption legislation by an independent anti-corruption agency and is best exemplified by Singapore and Hong Kong. South Korea has moved from Pattern 1 to Pattern 3 with the formation of the Korean Independent Commission against Corruption in 2002.


Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

Author: Ting Gong

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1317507878

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Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive position-related consumption to future job offers in the private sector for compliant public servants; from money-laundering to ‘white elephant’ projects that do little more than line the pockets of developers and their political partners. The Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia addresses the theories, issues and trends in corruption and anticorruption reform that have emerged from this diverse experience. The book is divided into four major parts: corruption and the state; corruption and economic development; corruption and society; and controlling corruption: strategies, successes and failures. Chapters compare and contrast corruption in different social and institutional contexts, examine both successful and unsuccessful attempts to control it, and consider what lessons can be drawn from these Asian experiences. This academically rigorous and insightful book will be of interest to a wide range of students and scholars, particularly those of Asian studies, politics and sociology.


The Political Logics of Anticorruption Efforts in Asia

The Political Logics of Anticorruption Efforts in Asia

Author: Cheng Chen

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2019-12-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1438477163

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Focusing on Northeast and Southeast Asia—regions notable for political diversity, difficult environments for fighting corruption, and multifarious anticorruption outcomes—this book examines the political dynamics behind anticorruption efforts there. The contributors present case studies of the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, and China that explore the varying roles anticorruption efforts play in solidifying or disputing democratic and nondemocratic institutions and legitimacy, as well as the broader political and economic contexts that gave rise to these efforts. Whether motivated by private interests, party loyalty, or political institutionalization, political actors shape the trajectories of anticorruption efforts by challenging their opponents over what constitutes corruption, what enables corruption, and how to combat corruption. Arguing that anticorruption strategy may be associated more closely with shifting bases of regime legitimacy than with regime type, the book sheds light on the divergent ways in which states control and respond to political elites and society at large, and on how citizens from across strata understand and engage with their states.


Corruption as a Last Resort

Corruption as a Last Resort

Author: Kelly M. McMann

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0801454913

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Using evidence from her long-term research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Kelly M. McMann traces the situations that drive individuals to illicitly seek employment and loans from government officials.


Comparative Governance Reform in Asia

Comparative Governance Reform in Asia

Author: Clay Wescott

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2008-08-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1846639964

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Features chapters that analyze and compare the experiences of Asian countries in carrying out governance reforms. This book tackles such questions as: how common reform packages designed for developed countries are implemented in developing countries? What happens in the reform diffusion process? And what are the obstacles to reform success?


Corrupt Cities

Corrupt Cities

Author:

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780821346006

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Much of the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Turkey was the result of widespread corruption between the construction industry and government officials. Corruption is part of everyday public life and we tend to take it for granted. However, preventing corruption helps to raise city revenues, improve service delivery, stimulate public confidence and participation, and win elections. This book is designed to help citizens and public officials diagnose, investigate and prevent various kinds of corrupt and illicit behaviour. It focuses on systematic corruption rather than the free-lance activity of a few law-breakers, and emphasises practical preventive measures rather than purely punitive or moralistic campaigns.


Corruption and the Global Economy

Corruption and the Global Economy

Author: Kimberly Ann Elliott

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1997-06-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0881323233

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The recently-adopted OECD convention outlawing bribery of foreign public officials is welcome evidence of how much progress has been made in the battle against corruption. The financial crisis in East Asia is an indication of how much remains to be done. Corruption is by no means a new issue but it has only recently emerged as a global issue. With the end of the Cold War, the pace and breadth of the trends toward democratization and international economic integration accelerated and expanded globally. Yet corruption could slow or even reverse these trends, potentially threatening economic development and political stability in some countries. As the global implications of corruption have grown, so has the impetus for international action to combat it. In addition to efforts in the OECD, the Organization of American States, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations General Assembly, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have both begun to emphasize corruption as an impediment to economic development. This book includes a chapter by the Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery discussing the evolution of the OECD convention and what is needed to make it effective. Other chapters address the causes and consequences of corruption, including the impact on investment and growth and the role of multinational corporations in discouraging bribery. The final chapter summarizes and also discusses some of the other anticorruption initiatives that either have been or should be adopted by governments, multilateral development banks, and other international organizations.


Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries

Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries

Author: Jon S. T. Quah

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2011-07-21

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 0857248197

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As corruption is a serious problem in many Asian countries their governments have introduced many anti-corruption measures since the 1950s. This book analyzes and evaluates the anti-corruption strategies employed in Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.