This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities … are divided into omnibus anti-corruption programmes, legislative reform aimed at tackling corruption, and adherence to … international anti-corruption conventions. The paper presents a new measure for determining the extent of anti-corruption activity …

Corruption in higher education is a newly emerging topic in the field of education research. Some aspects of corruption … rigorous systematic research is lacking. This paper considers corruption in higher education in the media, following … corruption across the nations pointing to how exactly they differ and why. Major findings point to the following: some forms of …

Higher education corruption is an emerging sub-field of research that has yet to develop its terminological apparatus … sociology. Accordingly, most of the terminology of higher education corruption is not unique fundamentally but derived from … that may be formulated as higher education corruption. This Glossary presents terminology used in research and discussion …

We offer a novel big data approach to corruption detection and measurement by using statistical anomalies in publicly … observable allocations which corruption affects in a predictable manner. While each individual incidence of corruption remains … undetectable under the veil of secrecy, systemic corruption changes distributions of observable outcomes, and thus leaves …

Corruption has become an increasingly salient issue in India today, spawning both enormous interest from the media as … policy options under discussion, and the actual evidence base drawn from empirical research on corruption. We attempt to … bridge this gap, directly addressing the particular challenges that corruption in India poses. Academic evidence supports the …

Using a panel data set for 146 countries over the period 1984~2007, this study contributes in the area of trade-corruption … linkages by highlighting the non-monotonic relationship between trade and corruption and significance of complementary policy … reforms in shaping the link. Findings of the study suggest that trade increases corruption in a linear specification while its …

This paper examines the indirect role the IMF plays in combating corruption in the Baltic and CIS countries by … analysis draws on examples of actual experience with corruption and outlines some of the structural measures under IMF …-supported arrangements, which, if successfully implemented, can be expected to help gradually alleviate corruption. It also summarizes IMF …

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …