Vaccinating against corruption / India power concentration / Afghanistan anti-corruption efforts

Vaccinating against corruption? (Blog).  “At the [TI] Health Initiative we see the need for civil society to engage with governments in the planning and monitoring of distribution… We are also looking at how we can work with governments and those distributing vaccines to ensure that supply chains have corruption safeguards in place, and to ensure that systems are in place to actively monitor the implementation of the framework and vaccine rollout.”

Jonathan Cushing/Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/vaccinating-against-corruption

 

 

‘Modi’s Rockefeller’: Gautam Adani and the concentration of power in India.  “Critics say his rise is symbolic of a system where too much power is in the hands of too few. When the Indian government approved the privatisation of six airports in 2018, it relaxed the rules to widen the pool of competition, allowing companies without any experience in the sector to bid. There was one clear winner from the rule change: Gautam Adani, the billionaire industrialist with no history of running airports, scooped up all six.”

Stephanie Findlay and Hudson Lockett/Financial Times: https://on.ft.com/2IAfkmO  

 

 

EU stresses on more anti-corruption efforts by Afghan govt.  “[EU] Ambassador von Brandt highlighted the need for a strong regulatory framework, including by developing a robust new Anti-Corruption Strategy, which President Ghani confirmed will be done, through an inclusive process based on lessons learned from the past.”

Outlook Afghanistan: http://outlookafghanistan.net/national_detail.php?post_id=27893