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Ethics and Corruption in the Federal Public Service : Civil Servants' Perspectives
World Bank - 2021
This Survey on Ethics and Corruption in the Federal Public Service was held online from April 28 to May 28, 2021, in ….4 percent) witnessed some unethical practice, according to their reports. Corruption in the public service is multifaceted, thus … representativeness, the data generated by the study could become a valuable source for the development of knowledge about corruption in …
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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns
Kuegler, Alice - 2009
"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....
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Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
World Bank - 2021
Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails a fleeting transition from childhood to adulthood,...
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Zimbabwe Public Administration Review : Initial Reflections on Public Sector Reform to Support the Economic and Social Recovery of Zimbabwe
World Bank - 2012
In early 2010, Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service requested Bank support for a public administration review to provide analytical support and technical assistance to identify the key issues to restore the quality of public administration in Zimbabwe. This policy note presents an initial...
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Public Management
World Bank - 2012
This Note on public management of pension funds concludes that publicly-managed pension reserves are often used to finance non-pension policy. Public pension fund managers tend to invest based on objectives unrelated to pension provision. These include social and economically target investments...
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Africa Development Indicators 2010: Silent and Lethal : How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa's Development Efforts
World Bank - 2010
delivery and regulation has adverse long-term effects on households. The term "quiet corruption" is introduced to indicate … service provision) that do not involve monetary exchange. The prevalence of quiet corruption and its long-term consequences …
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Trends in corruption and regulatory burden : Eastern Europe and Central Asia
2011
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The puppet masters : how the corrupt use legal structures to hide stolen assets and what to do about it
Does de Willebois, Emile van der (contributor) - 2011
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Fighting corruption in public services : chronicling Georgia's reforms
2012
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Governance, corruption, and trade in the Asia Pacific region
Abe, Kazutomo - 2008
"This paper examines the impact of reducing corruption and improving transparency to lower trade costs in the Asia … corruption. Results suggest that trade in the region would increase by 11 percent and global welfare would expand by …
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