All posts tagged "corruption"
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Hunting down hidden money: how governments are fighting illicit financeExperts on the panel of a Global Government Forum webinar shone a spotlight on the scale of illicit finance and the crimes that benefit from it, and explained what governments
- Posted January 25, 2023
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Australia considers centralised digital ID system; Ghana urged to invest in AI to beat corruption: policy & delivery news in briefGlobal Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Australian government mulls centralising digital ID verification following breach The Australian government is deciding
- Posted October 13, 2022
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Diversity of UK senior civil service falls; Hong Kong government jobs exodus: management & workforce news in briefGlobal Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed Diversity of UK senior civil service falls, rises at lower grades The percentage of
- Posted August 4, 2022
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Truths about lies: World Bank governance chief Ed Olowo-Okere on the global threat of corruptionEd Olowo-Okere has spent the last three years working to improve public services and financial management in low- and middle-income countries. His greatest challenge is corruption, he tells Matt Ross
- Posted July 10, 2022
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International GovTech maturity “lower than expected”, says World BankDespite increasing investment across the world, GovTech maturity is “lower than expected” in most countries and digital citizen engagement lacking, research from the World Bank has found. While most governments
- Posted September 22, 2021
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South African president condemns COVID procurements corruptionSouth African president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned corruption in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party related to the procurement of COVID-19 equipment, and suggested addressing the problem through transparency,
- Posted August 28, 2020
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Doing good with data: an interview with the Development Bank of Latin America’s Carlos SantisoDr Carlos Santiso is no stranger to crisis response, having spent 25 years promoting democracy, strengthening governance and fighting corruption in emerging economies and fragile states. The scale of the
- Posted July 10, 2020
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Colombian blockchain trial cause for ‘cautious optimism’, says WEFBlockchain’s potential to prevent corruption in public procurement has been tested in Colombia, with a trial prompting “cautious optimism” over its potential, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report.
- Posted June 26, 2020
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How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top
- Posted May 3, 2020
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Majority of countries showing little progress in tackling corruptionGovernments are still failing to deal with corruption of political systems by big money, according to an annual study ranking perceived public sector corruption levels of 180 countries worldwide. The
- Posted January 29, 2020
