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Arvis J & Berenbeim RE 2003. Fighting corruption in East Asia: solutions from the private sector.
Washington DC: World Bank
This book looks at the content of the business program against corruption and at issues pertaining
implementation and effectiveness such as the role of the business culture. It analyses the incentives,
internal and external, that drive the adoption and implementation of those techniques. Many examples of
actual mechanisms and alliance to disseminate good practices are presented, often involving partnerships
with the public sector or the civil society.
Bull M & Newell JL (eds) 2003. Corruption in contemporary politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
This book presents a series of case studies of political corruption in the liberal democracies of Europe—
Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the
United Kingdom—as well as Japan and the United States. Each of the chapters contains discussions of
the newness, scale, and corruption; the causes and dynamics of corruption; anti-corruption measures;
and the impact and exposure of corruption.
Daniel WE 2003. Corporate governance in Indonesian listed companies: a problem of legal transplant.
Bond law review 15(1): 345–375
This paper examines the impact of the South East Asian financial crisis upon Indonesia by eliciting the
factors that can be blamed as reasons for the financial crisis.
Doig A & McIvor S 2003. The National Integrity System: assessing corruption and reform. Public
administration and development 23(4): 317–332
This paper builds on a Transparency International – sponsored research study funded by the Dutch
Government into the National Integrity System in practice. The study involved 18 countries, using incountry
researchers and an overview report. This paper assesses the findings of the study to consider
how the approach can work in practice, and what the approach can reveal about the causes and nature
of corruption as well as the implications for reform.
Effective prosecution of corruption: report on the master training seminar Ghaziabad, India, 11–13
February 2003. http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Effective_Prosecution_of_Corruption/default.asp
This paper assembles the background papers and case studies, and the experts’ and participants’ views
on the key topics that formed the basis for discussion at a master training seminar on effective prosecution
of corruption held in India in February 2003. The seminar aimed to build capacity and strengthen practical
knowledge in investigating of high profile cases, ensuring cooperation between law enforcement agencies,
reporting corruption within public administration, and obtaining international legal assistance.
Gainsborough M 2003. Corruption and the politics of economic decentralisation in Vietnam. Journal of
contemporary Asia 33(1): 69–84
This paper focuses on the increase in corruption cases in China and Vietnam during the 1990s and deals
with the involvement of party and state officials, bankers and businessmen in court trials on charges of
alleged corruption and illustrates an alternative way in which one can understand the phenomenon of
corruption cases.
Gatti R, Paternostro S & Rigolini J 2003. Individual attitudes toward corruption: do social effects matter?
World Bank policy research working paper 3122. Washington DC: World Bank
This paper uses individual-level data for 35 countries and investigates the microeconomic determinants
of attitudes towards corruption. It finds that women, employed, less wealthy, and older individuals to be
more averse to corruption. The paper also provides evidence that social effects play an important role
in determining individual attitudes towards corruption, as these are robustly and significantly associated