Posts cover the costs of corruption of all kinds. Such costs include, but not limited to, those associated with and have negative impacts on the rule of law, public funds, and resources, education, healthcare, poverty, civil society, economic sustainability, foreign direct investment (FDI), interest rate, citizenship, and citizens trust in public institutions.
These posts also cover the negative consequences of corruption on the proper separation of powers (legislative, judicial, and executive), and tax collections.
Technical StaffJuly 10, 2020 The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a prominent Washington DC think tank, published a remarkable report on July 7, 2020, entitled “Dubai’s Role in Facilitating Corruption and Global Illicit Financial Flows.” It is a significant report due to both exceptional content and timing. [note] Read and...
June 23, 2020 Today Sky News reported that “the former chief executive of payments firm Wirecard has been arrested amid an accounting scandal that centres on a missing €1.9bn (£1.7bn). Markus Braun had resigned on Friday after the company revealed that auditors could not find accounts containing the money.[note] Skye...
June 22, 2020 If corruption is widespread in a country, it strikes in all economic sectors. It is a fact that we find it difficult for someone to argue otherwise. Therefore, when the risk of corruption is high in a country, corruption risk is also high in all institutions and...
June 12, 2020 Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we replaced the two days CACF review course and exam with a blended online CACF review course. Though, we are committed to delivering the two days CACF review course and exam “when it is possible“! Blended Online CACF...
April 30, 2020Mike J. Masoud [note]Mike Masoud, CPA, CACM, CFE, MBA is the Sr. Director of The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) in the Middle East and Africa. You may reach him at Mike@THEAACI.com[/note] Networking is always necessary for human social, economic, and political development. The information and technology revolution created...
May 25, 2020Mike J. Masoud [note] Mike Masoud, CPA, CACM, CFE, MBA is the Sr. Director of The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) in the Middle East and Africa. You may reach him at Mike@THEAACI.com [/note] Last month, The AACI published a conservative blog about the NMC Health Plc scandal entitled:...
May 14, 2020 On February 28, 2020, Bob Rijkers, senior economist [note] https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2020/03/03/elite-capture-of-foreign-aid accessed on May 14, 2020, [/note] at the World Bank, presented the results of a Policy Research Working Paper on “Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts.” You may watch the 51 minutes video...
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