Corruption

In the News

How could the system let someone like…[Bo Xilai] emerge? As people find corruption is out of control, the very legitimacy of China’s Communist Party is in jeopardy.

May 1, 2012 , Cheng Li, Bloomberg Businessweek

In the News

Africans must focus on building strong institutions to deal with human rights violations ourselves, else we should not claim to be independent and instead should let others define and enforce the rules.

April 26, 2012 , Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku, The Guardian

Opinion | The Guardian

Why Wasn't it Africa that Found Charles Taylor Guilty?

April 26, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku

In the News

If this [the firing of Bo Xilai] didn't happen, there could have been a bigger crisis. Bo Xilai may have used the military for his purpose. He may have turned the system upside down in a radical way. He may have launched a very nationalistic movement.

April 23, 2012 , Cheng Li, CNN

Blog Post

A Better Strategy to Combat Organized Crime in Mexico and Central America

April 13, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Eric Olson | comments

Opinion | Economic Research Forum

Governance, Aid and Corruption in Transition: Taking State Capture Seriously

March 26, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann

Report

Prague Declaration on Governance and Anti-Corruption

March 21, 2012, Thomas E. Mann, Nell Minow and Norm Ornstein

Past Event

Africa’s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent

March 19, 2012

Opinion

The Erosion of Democracy in Malawi: President Bingu wa Mutharika’s Unholy Conversion

March 9, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Blog Post

“Putinsanity”: The Reelection of Russia’s President Should Be a Wakeup Call to the World

March 5, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann | comments