http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/publication?feed=rss&pg=2 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "publication" on Netvouz http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001436/01/Combating_corruption_at_the_customs.pdf By Boris Begovic and Bosko Mijatovic. The authors look at the causes of corruption at the customs in Serbia and offers suggestions on a wide range of anti corruption measures with the aim of reducing it to a minimum. They discuss the mechanics of customs corruption and outlines the various reasons and factors that lead customs officials, border guards and importers to partake in this escalating crime x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:31:54 GMT http://www.fpif.org/papers/ordf2003.html The current paper suggests the creation of an Iraq oil revenue trust fund that would directly distribute oil revenues to Iraqi citizens. Thus, rather than saving a share of revenues in a trust fund and building up the fund over time, a significant portion of oil revenues would be immediately and directly paid to Iraq 's citizens. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:09:07 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001580/01/Corruption_and_trafficking.pdf By the Center for the Study of Democracy. The paper analyzes the phenomenon of illicit trafficking growth, as one of the most important sources of local "gray economy" throughout the 90ies, and and to identify adequate monitoring and counteraction measures to fight with it x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Fariz Ismailzade ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:01:56 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001128/01/Corruption_in_Serbia.pdf By Boris Begovic and Bosko Mijatovic. The findings of the report are based on a public opinion survey carried out in 2001 amongst 1,632 adults across a widespread section of society. The report also looked at the way corruption manifested itself in Serbian Society, in the judiciary, police force and customs, the Federal and Republican Government, and the possible reasons why such corruption existed. At the end, the writers put forward a 23 point action plan which puts the emphasis clearly on the elected government to generate the resolve to combat it and to carry out essential reforms in many areas of public life x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:19:14 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001435/01/Corruption,_contraband_and_organized_crime.pdf By the Center for the Study of Democracy. The report looks at the origins, mechanism and effects of, in particular, cross border corruption and smuggling within South Eastern Europe while giving statistical data to highlight the extent of the problem. Cross border smuggling and the inherent border cooperation that must accompany this scale of corruption is highlighted as one of the main problems in preventing the transition to a market economy in the former war torn states. The report states that the need to fully understand the true dimensions of the problem while establishing cross border cooperation to combat the problem is paramount in the fight against organized crime x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:30:27 GMT http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41704.htm The reports describe general political situation in Russia with emphasis on human rights abuses. It makes an overview of the legislative processes in the country together with in-house power-balances. In addition, it talks about law-enforcement system in Russia, as well as its economic development x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:32:36 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001796/01/Bumci.pdf The report sets out a detailed history of the relationship betweenAlbaniaandMontenegro, particularly in context of the internal problems and redevelopment of their respective economies and political institutions. The report concludes with highlighting areas where the process of CBC is already underway such as Tourism and Transport and suggests that there should be more border crossing points, the establishment of an Association of Border Regions and development strategies for CBC in both countries. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:26:30 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001041/01/discretionary_power1.pdf By Enrico Colombatto. The author argues that under many circumstances corruption can be a rational reaction to institutional failure. It analyses the nature of corruption and how it develops in accordance with the existing rules of the political and economic game. It looks at developed, undeveloped and transition countries and what it calls "crony capitalism" x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:16:37 GMT http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/1999/wp9985.pdf#search=%22does%20mother%20nature%20corrupt%22 This paper argues that natural resource abundance creates opportunities for rent-seeking behavior and is an important factor in determining a country's level of corruption. In a simple growth model, we illustrate the interrelationships between natural resources, corruption, and economic growth, and discuss potential anti-corruption policies. We show that the extent of corruption depends on natural resource abundance, government policies, and the concentration of bureaucratic power. Furthermore, the growth effects of natural resource discoveries and anticorruption policies crucially depend on the economy's state of development. We empirically corroborate the model's implications in a cross-country framework with both corruption and growth endogenized. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:55:43 GMT http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/events/documents/auty.DOC The paper examines two potential solutions. First, rapid economic reform may be facilitated by a growth collapse if the ratio of oil reserves to population is low, so that the principal option open to governments to resolve political tensions is by nurturing wealth creation.Second, where oil reserves promise to sustain rents for at least a decade, a more gradual dual track reform may prove viable. This strategy eases the political risk of economic reform by allowing gainers to compensate losers by creating a dynamic market sector in geographical enclaves that offer both domestic and foreign investors immediate access to post-reform conditions of infrastructure, institutions and incentives. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:29:15 GMT