Tuesday, May 11, 2021

India health crisis corruption / Mongolia whistleblower protection law / New international anti-corruption book

Corruption is second pandemic during Covid medical emergency, says anti-graft agency.  “Beside creating medical facilities to meet the growing demand for Covid-19 essentials, the [Transparency International India]…also asked all the governments to immediately set up "anti-corruption control rooms" up to the district-level for relief on phone or other technology platforms.”

India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/corruption-second-covid-pandemic-black-marketing-medicines-tiii-1799395-2021-05-06  

 

Mongolia: whistleblower protection law will be a huge step to the fight against corruption.  “If the Law on the Protection of Whistleblower is approved, it will be an effective tool to protect the public interest, fighting corruption, ensure freedom of speech and the right to information, and increasing legal awareness and accountability. Not only is it important to create a legal environment, but It is also crucial to increase trust in law enforcement.”

Indepdent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia: https://www.iaac.mn/news/mongolia-whistleblower-protection-law-will-be-a-huge-step-to-the-fight-against-corruption?lang=en  

 

Johnston and Fritzen: The Conundrum of Corruption (Blog/Book review).  “The Conundrum of Corruption: Reform for Social Justice…is an invaluable guide to the latest learning on corruption, chronicling the rise of the international anticorruption movement, what has been learned, and what those lessons say about how to carry the fight against corruption forward… Johnston and Fritzen explain why practitioners’ two decade plus search for such “silver bullets” has fallen flat and what corruption should concentrate on instead.”

Richard Messick/The Global Anti-Corruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/05/05/johnston-and-fritzen-the-conundrum-of-corruption/  

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