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From conflicts of interest in awarding government contracts to undue influence by business on politics, from bribes to the use of personal connections when accessing public services, corruption takes ...

There was no global convention aimed at curbing corruption, and no way to measure corruption or its impact at the global scale. In the early 1990s, corruption was a taboo topic. Many companies ...

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Have you paid a bribe? Has corruption increased in your country? Is your government effectively tackling corruption? You have an opinion and that’s what we want the world to hear. Since its debut in ...

In many countries you can pay off police officers to ignore any crime, however horrific and devastating – it’s just a matter of price. In Zimbabwe a nine-year old girl was raped on her way to school ...

No matter how overt and obvious its consequences are for society, corruption is a crime that prefers to remain covert and concealed. It can take root in many areas of a society, whether in government ...

We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social ...

The 10th edition of the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, reveals that while most people in Africa feel corruption increased in their country, a majority also feel optimistic that they, as ...

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