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Do customs trade facilitation programmes help reduce customs-related corruption?
Michael, Bryane; Ferguson, Frank; Karimov, Alisher - 2012
Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency - in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …'s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory - that customs agencies …
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
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Corruption in international business relations : problems and solutions
Wiehen, Michael H. - In: Ethics in international management, (pp. 183-211). 1998
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Korruptionskontrolle : ein Schlüssel zum entwicklungsorientierten Handel
Eigen, Peter - In: Globale öffentliche Güter unter Privatisierungsdruck …, (pp. 263-275). 2003
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Controlling corruption: a key to development-oriented trade
Eigen, Peter - In: Doha and beyond : the future of the multilateral …, (pp. 125-145). 2004
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The WTO and the Anti-Corruption Movement
Ala'i, Padideh - 2010
corruption are part of the good governance criteria set forth by the World Bank and other donor agencies. An important element of … direct approaches in combatting corruption undertaken by the World Bank …This article explores the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in promoting good governance while placing WTO …
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WTO membership and corruption
Choudhury, Sanchari - In: European journal of political economy 60 (2019), pp. 1-16
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The revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) : key design features and significance for global trade and development
Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2017 - Manuscript date: January 2017
The WTO's plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement ("the GPA" or "the Agreement") is an important ongoing success story for the Organization. In March 2012, the GPA Parties completed a comprehensive revision of the Agreement, encompassing both its text and coverage (market access...
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