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.
December 26, 2017 As 2017 will be closing its chapter in few days, and 2018 has many fraud and corruption scandals looming on the horizon, I contemplate the corporate of developing countries and the actual role of the board of directors in preventing and deterring corruption, money laundering, and financing...
The AACI’s View December 25, 2017 Panama Papers scandal is marked as the most significant leak of private financial data to the public in history. Even though it shocked the entire globe in 2016, its consequences are still unraveling, and impacts are unfolding. The EU to force firms to reveal...
Misconceptions About Fraud and Corruption The following is not an exhaustive list of misconceptions about fraud and corruption that is widely spread all over the world. The lower the illiteracy, the lower the level of these misconceptions. The higher the anti-corruption literacy, the lower the level of these misconceptions. Corruption...
Kleptocracy in America Corruption Is Reshaping Governments Everywhere By Sarah Chayes Foreign Affairs magazine; September/October 2017 Issue Corruption is not so much a problem for governments as it is an approach to government. Would-be reformers must develop an inspiring vision that elevates values other than material growth and the accumulation of...
يقدم المعهد الأمريكي لمكافحة الفساد هذه المصادر باللغة العربية دعما لأعضائه ومريديه في الدول الناطقة باللغة العربية وتعزيزاً لرؤية ومهمة المعهد. وسنقوم بإضافة العديد من المصادربإستمرار الفساد في القطاع الصحي: الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا دور المواطن العربي البسيط في مكافحة الفساد نشر المعرفة المتخصصة والإستثمار في الوقاية من الفساد ترخيص...
Excerpt of the first interview with Mr. L.B. Files, president of The AACI. Some countries believe in managing corruption rather than fighting corruption. Worse, some countries use corruption as a tool for governance. The complete Interview
The AACI’s View November 13, 2017 Ban Ki-moon’s, the United Nations Secretary-General, message on the International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2016 was forceful and alarming: “Corruption strangles people, communities and nations. It weakens education and health…..No country is immune, and every country bears a responsibility to end it.” Fighting corruption...