Having looked at some of the ways in which corruption damages the social and institutional fabric of a country, we now turn to reform options…
International Economist
Having looked at some of the ways in which corruption damages the social and institutional fabric of a country, we now turn to reform options…
In an earlier blog post, we commented on the sources of corruption, the factors that have turned it into a powerful obstacle to sustainable economic…
In a previous blog we discussed the factors that have pushed issues of corruption to the centre of policy debates about sound economic management. A…
For those of us who have had an interest in corruption for much of our careers, there is little doubt that sometime in the late…
Suppose that one were to divide the countries included in the latest Doing Business report into two groups. Call the first group (made up of…
There are many ways to think about income inequality. One can, for instance, look at it within the boundaries of a particular country and ask…
Across the world, gender inequalities are large and persistent. We have inequalities in basic human rights, in control over economic resources (land, finance, information, earnings…
The world’s population by 2030 is projected to be 8.1 billion, 2 billion more than in 2000. A full 95 percent of the increase over…
There are a number of challenges we face in coming years which are likely to put enormous pressures on the public finances of governments virtually…
The best innovation capacity in Latin AmericaWith a rank of 29 among the 131 countries included in the ICI, Chile is by far the best…