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, which examined the organizational structure for investigating and prosecuting tax crime and corruption, as well as models … warranted to improve interagency cooperation, as only 55 percent of the surveyed countries require corruption investigators to …
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The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) may have a negative impact on trade and investment flows not just for the UK, but also for the countries with the largest exposure to the UK. The indirect impact of a Brexit-induced recession in the UK -may also be felt in the EU...
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Due to its recognized benefits, most countries today regardless of their level of development compete for and dedicate significant resources to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Capturing the full positive spillovers of FDI is a long-term process and requires regulatory certainty and...
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This paper presents a bird's eye overview of the investment policy and promotion (IPP) logical framework developed by the trade and competitiveness global practice of the WBG to address the challenge of how countries can use foreign direct investment (FDI) to advance their economic development....
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This retrospective examines how the World Bank's strategic use of climate-related trust funds has enabled it to play an outsized role in catalyzing climate action worldwide for nearly 30 years. By looking back at the history of climate and carbon finance, with a focus on the pioneering role of...
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The pandemic has taken a drastic human toll, and its global-scale economic and social impacts affected rural development work focused on the most poor and vulnerable populations. It has...
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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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corruption in Romania. It examines the perception of corruption by citizens and business along with the consequences. The chapter … also proposes a 'theory of change' that can support Romania's anti-corruption agenda in an integrated manner. The second … chapter presents a brief analysis of the institutional and legislative framework for anti-corruption initiatives in Romania …
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News headlines over the last few years have been filled with global scandals involving corruption on an unprecedented … operating procedures, will result in new corruption scandals in the post-COVID (coronavirus) years. There are already reports in … corruption and how countries are attempting to address this long-standing scourge on development …
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This study analyzes how Rwanda fought administrative corruption in the public sector over the last two decades. The … focus on administrative corruption in the public sector is dictated by the difficulty of assessing, observing, and measuring … corruption relating to state capture and by emphasis that Rwandan officials have placed on reducing corruption in the everyday …
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