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Audit l China to lead world's government auditors
27 November 2012 | audit, china, economic crisis, economic governance, fiscal transparencyChina is expected to lead government auditors across the world next year to respond to challenges in fiscal discipline and governance amid the financial crisis, the leader of a global audit...
Blogpost: It’s the accountability system, stupid – but how to build it?
29 October 2012 | accountability, blogpost, budget monitoring, fiscal transparency, government budget, open budgetRecent case studies of civil society advocacy initiatives to improve decisions about how public money is spent, or to ensure that these decisions translate into more or better services for the poor...
Publication: Asset declarations for public officials: a tool to prevent corruption (UNPAN, 6 April 2011)
06 April 2011 | anti-corruption, case studies, cis, corruption, europe, fiscal transparency, legislation, research, studyA great number of countries around the world have introduced systems of asset declaration for public officials in order to prevent or combat corruption. Many believe that asset declarations can be a...
Blogpost: Results from the Open Budget Survey 2010 (PFMblog, 6 April 2011)
06 April 2011 | blogpost, budget, fiscal transparency, global indexPosted by Paolo de Renzio, International Budget Partnership Transparency in public budgeting has been recognized as a principle of sound governance for a long time. But the systematic assessment and...
Blogpost: Accounting for Trees (financialtaskforce.org, 3 Nov 2010)
04 November 2010 | climate, fiscal transparency, forestryRecently I wrote a post on illegal logging—a type of illicit financial flow—and the practice’s adverse effects on development. I noted that as with other, more widely understood, types of illicit...
Publication: Ouverture financière et rattrapage technologique : Evidence empirique à partir du bassin méditerranéen (MPRA, 18 Aug 2010)
20 August 2010 | fiscal transparency, publicationThis study analyses the effects of financial openness on productive efficiency and technology catch-up in four countries in the Mediterranean Basin (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia) as compared...
Visualisation of EU funds helps to fight corruption in the EU (Spaces for Transparency, 18 Aug 2010)
20 August 2010 | aid effectiveness, assessment of donors, donors, europe, fiscal transparency, presenting data, visualisationClick on the map for the full size image (>4 MB); explanations in the text What you see above is a visualisation to who (some of the) EU funds were awarded in 2009*. It is just a little experiment...
Publication: Trustworthiness and economic performance (MPRA, 17 Aug 2010)
20 August 2010 | correlation, fiscal transparency, public admin, researchIntrinsically trustworthy agents never cheat. A society's willingness to trust and the quality of its institutions have their origins in the intrinsic trustworthiness of its citizens....
Blogpost: Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: The Absurdity of Traditional Methods of Estimation « Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development (Task Force Blog, 16 Aug 2010)
18 August 2010 | blogpost, corruption, fiscal transparencyIllicit financial inflows and illicit financial outflows must be added together in order to accurately measure the adverse impact of these flows on developing economies, explains Dr. Dev Kar.Capital...
Blogpost: Making the Case for Financial Openness (16 Aug 2010)
18 August 2010 | blogpost, fiscal transparency, presentation, publicationRich countries and emerging markets alike have participated in a rapid integration into global capital markets over the last 25 years. Proponents of financial globalization believed this would bring...