Countries are failing to tackle corruption, risking destabilization of the level playing field for businesses, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index.
Corruption is at the centre of many of the world's most pressing problems. Current crises are likely to make corruption worse. This year's Anti-Corruption Day should highlight how anti-corruption efforts can make crisis management more effective.
Corruption isn’t just about people lining their pockets. It has a very real impact on the lives of some of the world’s poorest people.
Corruption is considered a strong constraint on growth and development. The academic literature, however, finds different effects of corruption on economic performance. Some research considers corruption a ‘grease the wheels’ instrument. In this view, corruption helps to overcome cumbersome bureaucratic constraints, inefficient provision of public services, and rigid laws (Huntington 1968 ...
Traditional approaches to fighting corruption tend to focus on rules, compliance and enforcement. We need to rethink this to build societies with integrity.
Discover how corruption harms society, its global cost, and expert strategies to combat it—empowering individuals, protecting whistleblowers, and fostering integrity.
To manage corruption, companies must distinguish between corrupt practices and local informal networks to manage varying norms of recruitment carefully.
Corruption could be costing the world economy more than $3.5 trillion a year. Addressing it is key to tackling global goals and the interconnected risks the world is facing. Lawyer and anti-corruption expert Delia Ferreira Rubio joined the World Economic Forum’s Meet the Leader podcast to explain what leaders need to know about building cultures of integrity. Podcast page and transcript ...
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