Corruption deepens COVID impact / Freedom of expression and corruption / Bangladesh anti-corruption performance

 

 

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Corruption deepens COVID impact in developing Asia: report.  “Asia has fared relatively poorly in Transparency International's latest report on public sector corruption across the globe, with the civil society group drawing a link between some countries' below-par performance and questionable handling of COVID-19.”

Dylan Loh/Nikkei Asia: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Corruption-deepens-COVID-impact-in-developing-Asia-report     

 

Lack of transparency (Opinion).  “When we refuse people the right to speak and when there is a threat hanging over all those who dare to do so, then corruption can only grow and become more deeply embedded in the soil of the land.”

Kamila Hyat/The News: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/784577-lack-of-transparency  

 

A disappointing performance once again (Opinion).  “What particularly contributes to [Bangladesh’s] non-delivery of the zero-tolerance pledge, and hence poor performance in CPI, is the ever intensifying linkages among politics, big money and corruption which have been taking an institutional shape, causing detachment of public interest from the decisions and actions of the state.”

Iftehkharuzzaman/The Daily Star: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/disappointing-performance-once-again-2035785  

Thank you to Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Transparency International Bangladesh for sharing this article.

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