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Websites and Toolkits
Global Integrity
https://www.globalintegrity.org/
Supports progress towards open, accountable and effective governance in countries and communities around the world. Resources include Global Integrity Reports.
Open Society Foundations: Governance and Accountability
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/issues/governance-accountability
The Open Society Foundations work with governments and businesses to advance transparency, rule of law, and good governance around the world.
Power3.0
https://www.power3point0.org/
Blog from the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy which explores how savvy authoritarian governments survive and thrive in a globalized information age, and the ways that democracies are contending with this challenge.
Transparency International
https://www.transparency.org/
Global movement partnering with government, business and civil society to put effective measures in place to tackle corruption.
The following resources are tools from Transparency International
Corruption Perceptions Index
Anti-corruption Knowledge Hub
Global Corruption Barometer
National Integrity System Assessment
Select Articles and Working Papers
Carey, John M. 2003. “Transparency Versus Collective Action: Fujimori’s Legacy and the Peruvian Congress”. Comparative Political Studies. 36 (9): 983-1006.
Chandler, D. 2002. “Anti-Corruption Strategies and Democratization in Bosnia-Herzegovina”. Democratization. 9 (2): 101-120.
Fung, Archon. 2013. “Infotopia: unleashing the democratic power of transparency.(Essay)”. Politics & Society. 41 (2): 183-212.
Hollyer, James R., B. Peter Rosendorff, and James Raymond Vreeland. 2011. “Democracy and Transparency”. The Journal of Politics. 73 (4): 1191-1205.
Lancaster, Thomas D., and Gabriella R. Montinola. 2003. “Comparative Political Corruption: Issues of Operationalization and Measurement”. Studies in Comparative International Development (SCID). 36 (3): 3-28.
Li, Lianjiang. 2001. “Support for Anti-corruption Campaigns in Rural China”. Journal of Contemporary China. 10 (29): 573-586.
Lindstedt C., and Naurin D. 2010. “Transparency is not enough: Making transparency effective in reducing corruption”. International Political Science Review. 31 (3): 301-322.
McMillan, John. 2005. “Promoting Transparency in Angola”. Journal of Democracy. 16 (3): 155-169.
Mitchell H. 2010. “Opening up about open government: do open government initiatives measure up?” EContent. 33 (6): 24-28. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/Opening-Up-About-Open-Government-Do-Open-Government-Initiatives-Measure-Up-67863.htm
Quarcoo, S. Chartey. 2009. “Prosecution politics : recalibrating the role of prosecution within the anti-corruption agency agenda : feature”. African Security Review. 18 (4): 32-49.
Routley, L. 2009. “Corruption and Development: The Anti-Corruption Campaigns”. Review of African Political Economy. 36 (121): 466-467.
Select Books and Reports
Adeyeye, Adefolake. 2012. Corporate social responsibility of multinational corporations in developing countries: perspectives on anti-corruption. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Asian Institute of Management. 2011. Anti-corruption manual for SMEs. [Makati City]: Asian Institute of Management. http://www.cipe.org/sites/default/files/publication-docs/antiCorruptionManualForSMEs_English.pdf
Baum, Jeeyang Rhee. 2011. Responsive democracy: increasing state accountability in East Asia. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Gütersloh, Germany). 2002. Transparency: a basis for responsibility and cooperation : results of the international survey, Carl Bertelsmann Prize 2002. Gütersloh, [Germany]: Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers.
Bhargava, Vinay Kumar, and Emil P. Bolongaita. 2004. Challenging corruption in Asia: case studies and a framework for action. Washington: World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15069
Blake, Charles H., and Stephen D. Morris. 2009. Corruption & democracy in Latin America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Bryan, Shari, and Barrie Hofmann. 2007. Transparency and accountability in Africa’s extractive industries: the role of the legislature. Washington, DC: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. http://www.ndi.org/files/2191_extractive_080807.pdf
Butt, Simon. 2012. Corruption and law in Indonesia. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Caiden, Gerald E., O. P. Dwivedi, and Joseph G. Jabbra. 2001. Where corruption lives. Bloomfield, Conn: Kumarian Press.
Center for International Private Enterprise, and United States. 2007. Business without corruption an action guide. Washington, D.C.: USAID]. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADM613.pdf.
Comisión Andina de Juristas. 2003. Corrupción judicial: mecanismos de control y vigilancia ciudadana. Lima, Perú: Comisión Andina de Juristas.
Daley, Michelle, and Robin Pagnamenta. 2002. Corruption fighters’ tool kit: civil society experiences and emerging strategies. Berlin: Transparency International. https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/tools/corruption_fighters_toolkit_civil_society_experiences_and_emerging_strategi/4
Dassen, Nicolás, and Juan Cruz Vieyra. 2012. Open government and targeted transparency: trends and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank. http://www.iadb.org/en/publications/publication-detail,7101.html?id=63846%20&dcLanguage=en&dcType=All#.UkH4i5Lkuy1
De Ferranti, David M. 2009. How to improve governance: a new framework for analysis and action. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
Diaz-Briquets, Sergio, and Jorge F. Pérez-López. 2006. Corruption in Cuba: Castro and beyond. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Doig, Alan, and Robin Theobald. 2000. Corruption and democratisation. London: Frank Cass.
Engel, Eduardo & Ferreira Rubio, et al. 2018. Report of the Expert Advisory Group on Anti-Corruption, Transparency, and Integrity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank. https://publications.iadb.org/en/report-expert-advisory-group-anti-corruption-transparency-and-integrity-latin-america-and-caribbean
Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal. 2007. Comparando transparencia: un estudio sobre acceso a la información en el Poder Judicial. Washington, DC: Due Process of Law Foundation. http://www.dplf.org/es/resources/comparando-transparencia-un-estudio-sobre-acceso-la-informacion-en-el-poder-judicial
Fox, Jonathan. 2007. Mexico’s right-to-know reforms: civil society perspectives. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Fung, Archon, Mary Graham, and David Weil. 2007. Full disclosure: the perils and promise of transparency. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Gant, Jon, and Nicol Turner-Lee. 2011. Government transparency six strategies for more open and participatory government. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute. http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/pubs/Government_Transparency_Six_Strategies.pdf.
Ghaus, Aisha, and Meredith Rowen. 2007. Towards participatory and transparent governance: reinventing government. New York: United Nations. http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan026997.pdf
Griffin, Charles C. 2010. Lives in the balance: improving accountability for public spending in developing countries. Washington, D.C.: Results for Development Institute.
Heffernan, William C., and John Kleinig. 2004. Private and public corruption. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Heidenheimer, Arnold J., and Michael Johnston. 2002. Political corruption: concepts & contexts. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers.
Holzner, Burkart, and Leslie Holzner. 2006. Transparency in global change: the vanguard of the open society. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Johnson, Roberta Ann. 2004. The struggle against corruption: a comparative study. New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan.
Karklins, Rasma. 2005. The system made me do it: corruption in post-communist societies. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.
Kornai, János, and Susan Rose-Ackerman. 2004. Building a trustworthy state in post-socialist transition. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Krastev, Ivan. 2004. Shifting obsessions: three essays on the politics of anticorruption. Budapest: Central European University Press.
Lord, Kristin M. 2006. The perils and promise of global transparency: why the information revolution may not lead to security, democracy, or peace. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Mandelbaum, Andrew G. 2011. Strengthening parliamentary accountability, citizen engagement and access to information: a global survey of parliamentary monitoring organizations. Washington, DC: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. http://www.ndi.org/files/governance-parliamentary-monitoring-organizations-survey-september-2011.pdf.
Mendilow, Jonathan. 2012. Money, corruption, and political competition in established and emerging democracies. Lanham, Md: Lexington Books.
Ofosu-Amaah, W. Paatii, Raj Soopramanien, and Kishor Uprety. 1999. Combating corruption: a comparative review of selected legal aspects of state practices and major international initiatives. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/122181468762029898/Combating-corruption-a-comparative-review-of-selected-legal-aspects-of-state-practice-and-major-international-initiatives
Open Society Justice Initiative., & Open Society Institute. 2016. Standing Doctrine and Anticorruption Litigation: A Survey. New York, NY: Open Society Foundations. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/standing-doctrine-and-anticorruption-litigation-survey
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 1999. Public sector corruption : an international survey of prevention measures. Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/public-sector-corruption_9789264173965-en
Power, Timothy J., and Matthew MacLeod Taylor. 2011. Corruption and democracy in Brazil: the struggle for accountability. Notre Dame, Ind: University of Notre Dame Press.
Rekosh, Edwin. 1995. In the public eye: parliamentary transparency in Europe and North America. Washington, D.C.: International Human Rights Law Group.
Riinvest Istitute, and Center for International Private Enterprise. 2012. Improving transparency and governance of public funds public procurement process in Kosovo / prepared by Riinvest Istitute. Prishtinë, Republic of Kosova: Riinvest Istitute. http://www.cipe.org/sites/default/files/publication-docs/Public%20Procurement%20Policy%20Paper%20FINAL.pdf.
Robinson, Mark. 1998. Corruption and development. London: F. Cass.
Rodan, Garry. 2004. Transparency and authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia. London: RoutledgeCurzon.
Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 2005. From elections to democracy: building accountable government in Hungary and Poland. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Schedler, Andreas, Larry Jay Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner. 1999. The self-restraining state: power and accountability in new democracies. Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Seminario Internacional Justicia y Transparencia, Unidad de Apoyo al Proyecto de Modernización del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, and Mirador Democrático. 2003. Justicia y Transparencia: perspectivas del gobierno judicial y la sociedad : — fortaleciendo el camiño hacia la transparencia judicial ; II Seminario Internacional. Caracas, Venezuela: Unidad de Apoyo al Proyecto de Modernización del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia.
Spector, Bertram I. 2005. Fighting corruption in developing countries: strategies and analysis. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.
Stapenhurst, Rick, Niall Johnston, and Riccardo Pelizzo. 2006. The role of parliament in curbing corruption. Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/654741468161668512/The-role-of-parliaments-in-curbing-corruption
Strategies for policy reform: Volume 2: engaging entrepreneurs in democratic governance. 2010. Washington, D.C.: Center for International Private Enterprise. http://www.cipe.org/sites/default/files/publication-docs/Strategies%202_content.pdf
Tulchin, Joseph S., and Ralph H. Espach. 2000. Combatting corruption in Latin America. Washington, D.C.: Published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press.
Vogl, Frank. 2012. Waging war on corruption: inside the movement fighting the abuse of power. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
