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How Useful are Perception Indices of Corruption to Developing Countries?
Posted by David Fellows[1] The value and limitations of perception indices There are numerous corruption perception indices. They provide an outsider’s impression of the prevalence of corruption across the various branches of government. Some indices focus on issues of bribery, others are more general in scope. Some indices aim to engage with the general public,…
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Regional historical trends in CPI 2012-2017
Transparency International released their Corruption Perceptions Index 2017 on 22 February 2018. Whilst historical trends in CPI index scores for 2012-2017 for each country are also presented, the 2012-2017 historical scores have not been separately presented on a regional basis to allow a quick comparison of country corruption scores within each of the six regions used in the…
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Videos addressing good public financial management
We have commenced the publishing of videos about aspects of our work associated with supporting good public financial management. We list below the videos available to-date: Small island developing states need improvements in their digital communication infrastructure to help them recover from COVID-19. We have set out four collaboration approaches for SIDS and their stakeholders to consider actioning in…
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The case for an international online public service academy
by David Fellows [1] Introduction The purpose of this post is to consider how digital communication could be developed for the provision of structured professional education for public servants in developing countries using an academy model. This proposal is based on the proposition that there is a widespread need for professional training to improve administrative effectiveness…
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Risk and Reward: Issues Confronting Current PPP Developments
By David Fellows and John Leonardo Media reports on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for the first half of the current year reveal both opportunities and confusion in the public sector about the use of this method of public service provision. Here we seek to explore the benefits and challenges of these arrangements and identify key…
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State-owned enterprise Reform Roundup
Authors: David Fellows and John Leonardo PFMConnect’s state-owned enterprise (SOE) Board on Pinterest for the first half of the current year demonstrates the financial burden that SOEs can impose on governments and the resulting dilemmas that arise. SOE services range from oil producers, insurers, railway operators and broadcasters. They can be large or small and…
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An International eCollaboration Route to Public Service Reform
Author: David Fellows Governance of public affairs is a complex topic. It includes the processes by which decisions are made, the means by which service performance is assessed, the standards of behaviour to which public servants are held, the transparency applied to public life and the extent to which ordinary citizens are engaged in policy-making.…
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Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Programme Evaluation
Background Last year the Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned PFMConnect Ltd to undertake an independent evaluation of its Africa Anti-Corruption Programme. Stakeholders consulted Views were obtained through discussions with officials from Commonwealth Africa countries, the Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre in Botswana (http://www.thecaacc.org/) and at the Secretariat in London (http://thecommonwealth.org/). Online interviews were held with others that there…
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Public financial management weaknesses can lead to corruption
Mauritania’s experience Global corruption trends Two recent reports on Global corruption trends highlight a number of states facing serious challenges and our analysis indicates some interesting links between corruption and standards of public financial management. Transparency International’s recently released 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index for 2016 indicates that Mauritania’s ranking deteriorated noticeably in 2016 compared to…
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Public private partnerships Board
Explore the varied issues associated with public private partnerships and the links arising between this service delivery mechanism and public financial management on our Pinterest “Public Private Partnerships” Board.