Political Corruption

Political corruption or Malpolitics is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though it is not restricted to these activities. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption.Over time, corruption has been defined differently. For example, in a simple context, while performing work for a government …

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U4: U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre · 18 April 2024 English

Conceptualising the drivers The role of the financial and service industries in and forms of corruption facilitating transnational corruption has climbed the research agenda in recent years. [...] And regulatory …

globalised financial system. The concepts of political corruption, and “grand” Heywood (2016: 7), for instance and that increase influence and shape the political corruption has a disproportionate impact on environment Rahwan, I. 2022. The Heywood, P. M. 1997. Political Corruption: promise and perils of using artificial


IFRI: Institut Français des Relations Internationales · 15 April 2024

The importance of African cities as economic, political and social actors is increasing. While Africa used to be perceived as a predominantly rural continent, it is estimated that by 2050, …

research from Ghana suggests that there is less political corruption in districts that are aligned with the 70. A. Stoecker, “Partisan Alignment and Political Corruption: Evidence from a New Democracy”, World


U4: U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre · 9 April 2024 English

therefore imperative to prevent forms of corruption and financial mismanagement that undermine the In LMICs, losses to corruption and mismanagement effectiveness of social protection, as part of a wider are …

Development partners and national governments are political corruption, patronage and clientelism often increasingly programmes can be a result of deliberate political corruption. Sombie (2023) hypothesises that corrupt 2019. One in four people Pavlik, J.B. 2021. Political corruption and in Africa pay bribes to access services


More in Common · 4 April 2024 English

At the • Following the shift in power after the 2023 election, same time, the fatigue with grassroots aid and the the tone of political discourse has shifted noticeably. [...] …

pessimistic about this than progressive voters. political corruption. But both are far from the main daily concerns


UN DESA: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs · 4 April 2024 Latin

In short, it reflects including developing countries not investing enough in tax the growing understanding among Member States about system reform and administration capacity, and donors the importance of building …

decisions can help to insulate PDBs from political corruption risks. redistributive if financed by reforms


UN DESA: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs · 4 April 2024 English

Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024 Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development Financing for Development at a Crossroads Domestic Public Private Business Development Debt Trade Systemic Technology Resources and …

decisions can help to insulate PDBs from political corruption risks. redistributive if financed by reforms


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 29 March 2024 English

grievances and its deliberate strategy to establish franchise groups in regions characterized by political corruption, vast socioeconomic disparities, and weak governance.  ISIS’s effectiveness in identifying

franchise groups in regions characterized by political corruption, vast socioeconomic disparities, and weak


PoD: Path of Democracy · 27 March 2024 English

To fully capture the 展。為更準確拿捏近期的社會及政治變化所帶來 socio-political reality of the city, we introduced new questions 的影響,本輪新增公眾對國家《憲法》的認識、 to gauge the impact of recent socio-political changes, such as 對現屆立法會表現的滿意程度和新選舉制度對香 public’s knowledge about the …

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TNI: Transnational Institute · 26 March 2024 English

Dual Power Building a movement for the abolition of fossil capital and the construction of public renewables Ashley Dawson 107 Members of the Public Power campaign got the news the …

not, in other words, simply a result of political corruption – although that is undoubtedly a factor


More in Common · 26 March 2024 English

13 National mood in France • The rise of the National Rally as the main political mainly driven by the far-right for whom it is force in France is dominating …

pessimistic about this than progressive voters. political corruption. Both are far from the main daily concerns


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