By: Isabel Contreras and Juanita Riaño (IADB´s Office of Institutional Integrity) Every year on December 9 the International Anti-Corruption Day is celebrated. This year’s message reminds us that we all have a responsibility in the fight against corruption, as it hinders achieving our goals of sustainable development, and reducing poverty and inequality in Latin-America … [Read more...] about Corruption: peeking below the tip of the iceberg
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Seven reasons why it would not be a good idea to legalize bribe-paying
By: Raquel Mayer and Juanita Riaño, Office of Institutional Integrity, Inter-American Development Bank A few days ago we were reminded on this blog of an idea to reduce the incidence of bribery proposed last year by Kaushik Basu, then India’s Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and, and since last month, the World Banks’ Chief Economist. Dr. Basu argued … [Read more...] about Seven reasons why it would not be a good idea to legalize bribe-paying
Seven reasons why it would not be a good idea to legalize bribe-paying
By: Raquel Mayer and Juanita Riaño, Office of Institutional Integrity, Inter-American Development Bank A few days ago we were reminded on this blog of an idea to reduce the incidence of bribery proposed last year by Kaushik Basu, then India’s Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and, and since last month, the World Banks’ Chief Economist. Dr. Basu argued in … [Read more...] about Seven reasons why it would not be a good idea to legalize bribe-paying