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Challenging Corruption in Asia : Case Studies and a Framework for Action

At the economic level, corruption is seen as a contributing factor to the East Asian financial crisis. The crisis focused people's attention on the staggering impact of corruption, particularly in Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand...

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Main Authors:	Bhargava, Vinay, Bolongaita, Emil
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATE INDICATORS ANTI- CORRUPTION ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION AGENDAS ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS ANTICORRUPTION ISSUES ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES ANTICORRUPTION POLICIES ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGIES ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY BRIBE PAYERS BRIBE PAYERS INDEX BRIBERY BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS BRIBES BUSINESS OPERATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER COALITIONS COMBATING BRIBERY CONTROLLING CORRUPTION CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CHARGES CORRUPTION CONTROL CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION PROBLEMS CPI DECISION- MAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIZATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EXECUTION FEEDBACK MECHANISMS FIGHTING CORRUPTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE PROBLEM GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GRAFT HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTMENT RATES JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARY JUSTICE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LAWS LEARNING LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGITIMACY MEDIA MEMBER STATES MINISTERS MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS NATIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PARLIAMENT PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTIONS INDEX POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRIME MINISTER PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES RULE OF LAW SOCIAL CONDITIONS SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION TRANSPARENCY VETO CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & GOVERNMENT POLICY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE APPROACH LEADERSHIP ATTITUDE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY MONITORING & EVALUATION APPROACH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2853362/challenging-corruption-asia-case-studies-framework-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15069

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Summary:	At the economic level, corruption is seen as a contributing factor to the East Asian financial crisis. The crisis focused people's attention on the staggering impact of corruption, particularly in Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand. The interlocking relationship of business and government were previously viewed as part of the way of doing business and practicing politics-a useful partnership crucial to strategic policymaking. As one scholar noted, "Not too many years ago, the economic successes of the countries of East Asia were attributed by some observers to a presumably positive impact of corruption in facilitating decisionmaking". Many actors justified questionable practices by explaining them to be necessary conditions for rapid economic development. Today those specific practices constitute the problematic areas of corruption. At the political level, corruption has risen in recent years in national agendas because of its role in political developments. At one point the heads of government themselves of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand were in the dock on corruption-related charges. Peaceful populist protest forced the Philippine president, Joseph Estrada, to step down in January 2001. In July 2001 Indonesia's parliament removed President Abdurrahman Wahid from office partly because of corruption allegations. Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, was indicted by the National Counter-Corruption Commission but was eventually acquitted in a controversial decision by the country's Constitutional Court. In 2002 the convictions of two sons of President Kim Dae-Jung of the Republic of Korea on corruption charges tarnished the president's achievements. Other high-level political leaders have also been convicted recently on corruption-related charges in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.