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Anti-corruption laws – help or hindrance to economic growth?
Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index provides an annual league table on who’s up and who’s down in global corruption. As usual, the Scandinavians top the clean list and the basket...
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Corruption: a globalisation of risk
Reading this week’s Transparency International report into corruption it’s easy to conclude that most of the problems are concentrated in emerging markets, far away from the business centres of the...
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Taiwan: bribery report hits nerve
When Transparency International reported this week that a third of Taiwanese said they paid a bribe last year to get government services, it sparked some anger in Taipei. Many question whether Taiwan...
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EM transparency scorecard (part 1): must try harder
When it comes to big EM companies and reporting standards, there is a lot to be desired. That’s the conclusion of a new report by Transparency International, which has compiled a scorecard for the 100...
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EM transparency scorecard (part 2): Gulf companies show muscle, but not...
Transparency International’s latest report on emerging markets companies has slammed Chinese companies for their lax reporting standards, comparing them unfavourably with the relatively more open...
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Hungary on the upswing but corruption remains a problem [updated with...
Hungary has been pumping out the positive spin on economic news for over a year now. Back then it was surely premature, but with inflation and the base rate at record lows and economic growth finally...
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