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The Deep Forces Preventing Reform in Malaysia
The Pakatan Harapan coalition general
election victory almost a year ago was supposed to herald a new reform era in a
country spavined by corruption, cronyism...
Moldova: Time to Overwrite the Mind Traps
Moldova is usually
assigned the title of the poorest country in Europe mired in financial and
corruption scandals. The ’frozen’ Transnistrian conflict is said to further
divide...
Ukrainian Presidential Elections 2019
The
Ukrainian people had made historic choices for independence, democracy and the
free market more than a quarter century ago, but they have only partially
achieved their...
Turkey’s foreign bribery enforcement framework needs to be urgently strengthened
In view of Turkey’s continued failure to
implement key aspects of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and to enforce its
foreign bribery laws, the Working Group on...
China-Pakistan Cooperation in Eliminating Corruption
Prime Minister Imran Khan, after winning election held on 25 July 2018, in his maiden speech, pointed out that he is impressed by China’s...
Korea must enhance detection and reinforce sanctions to boost foreign bribery enforcement
Korea must step up enforcement of its foreign bribery laws and strengthen the capacities of law enforcement agencies to proactively detect and investigate the...
Trump’s Troubles Enter A New More Dangerous Phase
Surprisingly, it snowed in Washington, but the temperature rose in the White House. So far, the array of investigations centering on president Donald Trump...
Viktoria Marinova and dangerous EU journalism
In October, the murder of a Bulgarian TV journalist Viktoria Marinova caused worldwide condemnation. The case of the journalist, raped and killed in Ruse,...
FATF member countries: The very center of money laundering
While Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asks for joining FATF (The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering), it is obvious that the...
Kazakhstan Needs Robust Reforms to Boost Productivity and Growth
Kazakhstan needs to boost productivity to reverse the slowdown in economic growth, says a new World Bank report released today.
The new Country Economic Memorandum...