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Blogpost: Are MIGA Guarantees Governance Products?
04 October 2012 | commentary, competitiveness, corruption, data, investment, private sectorI’ve considered whether MIGA guarantees are, in effect, governance products. Readers might rightly ask how I’ve come to this conclusion. Consider what a governance product is: something that...
Índice de Competitividad Social en México 2012
13 July 2012 | competitiveness, latin america, local governance, mexico, undp-supportedEl Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) elaboró un informe sobre Competitividad Social en México. Quizá lo más novedoso de este informe es la forma de entender la competitividad...
Launch: Global Competitiveness Report 2010-11 (World Economic Forum, 8 Sept 2010)
09 September 2010 | competitiveness, global index, launchSwitzerland tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 released by the World Economic Forum. The United States falls two places to fourth position, overtaken by Sweden (...
National Disasters Today Provide Governance Lessons (Kaufmann Post, 2 March 2010)
02 March 2010 | blogs, competitiveness, corruption, global indexLet us consider three countries: Country 1: Its approach to industrialization has relied heavily on a very large public sector that accounts for well over 40 percent of GDP, and on aid financing...
Tracking Impact: Romanian Academic Society to Address Problems Identified by Global Integrity
04 February 2010 | competitiveness, europe, fiscal transparency, index, report, transparencyBig news! Today, we received word that the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) earned a grant to implement its Global Integrity Impact Challenge project proposal. With this new funding, SAR will conduct...