Combating corruption: a comparative review of selected legal aspects of state practice and major international initiative
Ofosu-Amaah, W Paatii
- Washington, D C World Bank 1999
- 114 p.
"...Combating Corruption provides an important resource in fighting a problem that is increasingly recognized as being both world-wide in its distribution, and urgent in its consequences." Corruption is a world-wide phenomenon. No country, no matter how rich or powerful, is immune to the detrimental effects of corruption. In this timely and careful survey of national and international efforts, Combating Corruption provides a comparative view of selected legal practices and international initiatives undertaken to fight corruption. At the outset, the paper makes the distinction between preventative and curative instruments which countries have used to fight corruption. The authors of this study examine codes of conduct, affirmations of national commitment, leadership codes, and provisions relating to declaration of assets and freedom of information. Although the paper highlights some bold measures that have been undertaken by countries to combat corruption, it goes on to report that the anti-corruption efforts are far from finished on the national level.