http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/workinggroups?feed=rss&pg=1 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "workinggroups" 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://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://nourl Why have Western donors' efforts to encourage development of Russian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) varied dramatically in two different NGO sectors, despite similar levels of assistance? Where foreign assistance is employed to promote norms that are universally embraced, it is highly likely to lead to a successful NGO movement. In contrast, when foreign assistance pursues norms that are specific to other societal contexts, it will fail to develop an NGO movement, regardless of the amount of funding foreign donors devote. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:39:44 GMT http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2005&country=6770 By Freedom House. The study represents an overview of the democratization processes within Kyrgyzstan. It measures the levels of democracy, accountability of domestic authorities to their electorate, levels of freedom of speech and expressions, as well as general political freedoms. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - OSThreats > Azamat Temirkulov ipfwgweb Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:53:19 GMT http://no url By Nasra M. Shah, Feminist Review, Volume 77, Number 1, 2004, pp. 183-185(3) x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:47:33 GMT