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23 Feb 16
Transparency International has criticised Ukraine, Russia and the UK for allowing former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to enjoy impunity in the face of grand corruption allegations.
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18 Feb 16
Nepotism, a lack of political integrity and impunity for the powerful have undermined the effectiveness of billions of dollars of international funds in Afghanistan, Transparency International has...
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17 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced a new partnership strategy with China, which will prioritise climate change.
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17 Feb 16
Transparency International’s Asia Pacific regional director has said the organisation is gravely concerned Malaysia is moving rapidly towards autocracy.
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16 Feb 16
The United Nations and the regional authority of Darfur in Sudan have today signed project agreements worth $88.5m, which will see the reconstruction and development of the troubled state.
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12 Feb 16
The British Academy has announced eight projects it will fund as part of its £4m anti-corruption scheme in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development.
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11 Feb 16
Ukraine looks to have secured the continuation of its $17.5bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund after “constructive” discussions with managing director Christine Lagarde.
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10 Feb 16
The International Monetary Fund has said it could withdraw its budget support to Ukraine unless the country’s leadership accelerates governance reforms and the fight against corruption.
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9 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
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9 Feb 16
There has been a threefold increased in the size of the middle class in eastern European and central Asian nations since 2001, according to the United Nations Development Programme.
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5 Feb 16
Private interests are able to influence the politics of many developed countries by exploiting loopholes or lax regulation of political party funding and campaign donations, the OECD has found.
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27 Jan 16
Over two-thirds of countries have been judged to have corruption problems, the latest review by Transparency International has found, but many nations have made improvements in the last year.
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26 Jan 16
The security and stability challenges the European Union faces require closer, better coordinated collective action, according to the commissioner for international cooperation and development.
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22 Jan 16
Transparency International has today welcomed the launch of a new anti-corruption body in Honduras, which will tackle criminals within the nation’s political, judicial and security systems.
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19 Jan 16
How people perceive levels of corruption within a country frequently do not align with reality.
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21 Dec 15
The United States Congress has approved reforms to the International Monetary Fund’s governance that will give China and other emerging economies greater clout within the institution after...
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15 Dec 15
The Inter-American Development Bank will loan Chile $130m to fight corruption and increase transparency in public spending, including procurement.
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9 Dec 15
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has used this year’s Anti-Corruption Day to hail dramatic progress in global attitudes, noting that the fight against corruption has been enshrined in the...
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8 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced more than €100m to support decentralisation and local governance in Ukraine.
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8 Dec 15
Urbanisation in Pakistan is “messy” and preventing the country from reaping the benefits, the World Bank has warned.
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3 Dec 15
Colombia is to implement a programme to strengthen its fiscal controls after agreeing a $30m support package from the Inter-American Development Bank.
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2 Dec 15
The former president of a defence contractor has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in providing $1.2m in bribe payments to US army contracting personnel.
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2 Dec 15
The African Development Bank has reached a settlement with Japanese firm Hitachi after two of its subsidiaries were alleged to have paid bribes to win contracts for work on an AfDB-funded project.
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1 Dec 15
The majority of Africans think corruption has risen in the past year and that their governments are failing to prevent abuses of power, bribery and secret deals, Transparency International has found...
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30 Nov 15
The United Nation’s International Labour Organisation has called for collective bargaining, consensus and social dialogue in rebuilding the Greek labour market.