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. 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.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Bhargava, Vinay,
Bolongaita, Emil |
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| Format: | Publication
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2004
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| 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, |
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| 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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