2012 - The internet and corruption

Who is doing what when it comes to technology for transparency, accountability and anti-corruption

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Tim Davies

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Practical Participation

Fighting corruption is a responsibility that all global institutions, funders and NGOs have to take seriously. Institutions are engaged with the fight against corruption on a number of fronts. Firstly, for those institutions such as the World Bank that distribute funds or loans, there is a responsibility to address potential corruption in their own project portfolios through accessible and well-equipped review and inspection mechanisms.

In search of transparency: From “using” to “shaping” technology

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Arne Hintz
Stefania Milan

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Cardiff University and The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto

In an age in which power equals “the possession, assimilation and retailing of information as a basic commodity of daily life,”1 transparency has become a luxury and is no longer a given. Cyberspace is populated by an ever-growing number of invisible barriers making knowledge sharing and circulation difficult, such as strict copyright enforcement and content-based discrimination. Digital technologies, however, can contribute to increase transparency and fight corruption.

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Using technology for collaborative transparency: Risks and opportunities

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Shawna Finnegan

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Association for Progressive Communications

Introduction

By undermining public trust and eroding societal infrastructure, corruption contributes to and is broadly indicative of widening power inequalities in many countries. The often insidious nature of corruption makes it difficult to address, and often requires substantial changes to regulation and public oversight. Transparency is an important tool in combating corruption, exposing weaknesses in governance structures and encouraging participation in governance.

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Governments using ICTs for integrity and accountability: Some thoughts on an emergent research and advocacy agenda

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Dieter Zinnbauer

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Transparency International

False dawn, window dressing or taking integrity to the next level?

Introduction

The experience of developed and developing countries indicates that electronic reforms in the fight against corruption are the most effective methods in the implementation of the fight against corruption.
 (Centre for Economic and Social Development Azerbaijan: CESD Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Republic of Azerbaijan, April 2011)

E-government is seen more than ever as at the core of public sector reforms(OECD Government at a Glance 2011)

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