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  • Corruption Prevention and Governance in Hong Kong

    Series series Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
    This book analyses central questions in the continuing debate about success factors in corruption prevention and the efficacy and value of anti-corruption agencies (ACAs). How do ACAs become valued within a polity? What challenges must they overcome? What conditions account for their success and failure? What contributions can corruption prevention make to good governance? And in what areas might ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

    Edited by Ting Gong, Ian Scott ...
    Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive position-related consumption to future job offers in the private sector for compliant public servants; from money-laundering to ‘white elephant’ projects that do little more than line the pockets of developers and their political partners.The ... Read more

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  • Preventing Corruption in Asia

    Institutional Design and Policy Capacity

    Edited by Ting Gong, Stephen K. Ma ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    Despite intensified governmental and public efforts at corruption control in recent years, official transgression continues to surface in various ways of abusing the unique power and trust that a government holds.Preventing Corruption in Asia addresses a number of crucial questions:-What institutional arrangements are necessary to ensure a clean and honest government?- What self-regulatory ... Read more

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