The Long War against Corruption

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ID3345104
AuthorsBen W Heineman, Fritz Heimann, Fritz F Heimann
Year2006
Volume85
Issue3
Pages75
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/20031968
OpenAlexW2551487371
LanguageEN
Citations received15

SINCE THE mid-9ggos, the issue of corruption has gained a prominent place on the global agenda. International organizations, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UN, have adopted conventions requiring that their members enact laws prohibiting bribery and extortion. International financial agencies, notably the World Bank, have announced programs aimed at ensuring fair and open contracting for their projects and stopping misappropriation by government officials. Most nations have enacted some type of anticorruption law. International business groups have promulgated model codes of behavior, and multinational corporations (MNCS) now claim to be implementing antibribery programs. The leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) in this area, Transparency International, has conducted analysis and advocacy through chapters in over go nations. The international media report instances of cor ruption in high places virtually every day (often at great risk). Underlying these changes in rules, rhetoric, and awareness is the growing recognition that bribery and extortion have demonstrably deleterious consequences. Gone is the daywhen some pundits seriously argued that corruption was an efficient corrective for overregulated

Development economics · Economics · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Corruption and Economic Development · Philosophy

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