Mongolia presidential candidates' policies / Nepal vaccine procurement / Malaysia migrant labor conundrum

Mongolia: presidential election candidates’ anti-corruption policy.  “Candidates from the three parliamentary parties made their election promises and participated in the Presidential Election of Mongolia. Election promises outline the following activities to be initiated and implemented in the fight against corruption.”

Sofie Arjon Schütte/University of Melbourne: https://www.iaac.mn/news/mongolia-presidential-election-candidates-anti-corruption-policy/  

 

Nepal’s Vaccine Disaster Has Left Millions Unprotected.  “A corruption scandal has led to the effective halt of the vaccination program—leaving many people unable to get the important second shot and even more without even their first…Even if the government had wanted to pay what was, in effect, a coercive demand by a middleman, Nepal’s public procurement law has no provisions that would allow the government to pay a commission to agents under a government-to-government deal.”

Arun Budhathoki/Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/14/nepal-vaccines-coronavirus-disaster/   

Malaysia’s migrant labour conundrum: A conversation with Andy Hall.  “Obviously, there are many things that need fixing when it comes to the issue of migrant workers. What more should the government do? There is so much of systemic corruption in the country. What we need is for the prime minister to take control of this issue, as the migration policy needs to be dictated by him because it is such an important issue for Malaysia.”

Supriya Surendran and Jenny Ng/The Edge Malaysia: https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/malaysias-migrant-labour-conundrum-conversation-andy-hall