Many countries around the world have introduced systems of asset declarations for public officials in order to prevent corruption. These systems vary greatly from country to country. The impact of such systems on the actual level of corruption is not well known. This study provides a systematic...

Der Bericht behandelt die Probleme, die die ost- und mitteleuropäischen Reformländer bei ihrem Übergang zur Marktwirtschaft antreffen. Die Bestandsaufnahme betrifft Polen, Ungarn, die Tschechoslowakei und weniger umfassend Bulgarien, Rumänien und die ehemalige UdSSR. Obwohl diese Länder...

A well-functioning government office acts as a co-ordinator of the decision-making system and as such is crucial for the government’s capacity to define and pursue its collective objectives. The “Government Office” is a generic term that refers to the institution(s) at the centre of...