Format:
Online-Ressource (126 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780821394755
Series Statement:
Directions in Development
Content:
Since the Rose Revolution at the end of 2003, Georgia has had singular success in fighting corruption in a variety of public services. This book is an attempt to chronicle these efforts and to distil the 'how to' of these anti-corruption reforms. The reason corruption in public services had to be fought was clear. What had to be done was also obvious to many. But little has been written on 'how' the government made it happen. What were the salient features of Georgia's anti-corruption reforms? Can Georgia's success with cleaning up its public services be replicated elsewhere or is it unique? A
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About This Book; Chapter 1 Introduction; Early Reform Efforts: 1991-2003; Emerging Reformers; Seizing the Opportunity; The Anticorruption Scorecard; How Did the Government Do It?; Chapter 2 Creating the Patrol Police; The State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Strengthening Tax Collection; The State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Cleaning Up Customs; The State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions
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Chapter 5 Ensuring Reliable Power SupplyThe State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 6 Deregulating Businesses; The State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 7 Making Public and Civil Registries Work; The State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 8 Rooting Out Corruption in University Entrance Examinations; The State of Affairs in 2003; Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 9 Decentralizing Municipal Services
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The State of Affairs in 2003Post-2003 Anticorruption Reforms; Results; Conclusions; Chapter 10 Conclusions; The 10 Tenets of Success; What Are the Remaining Challenges for Georgia?; Are Georgia's Anticorruption Reforms Replicable Elsewhere?; In Summary; Notes; References; Figures; 2.1 Reducing Crime by More than 50 Percent, 2006-10; 2.2 Reducing Armed Robberies by 80 Percent, 2006-10; 2.3 Georgia: Forming One of the Least Corrupt Police Forces in Europe; 2.4 Accountability Framework for Patrol Police; 3.1 Number and Percentage of Tax Returns Filed Electronically, January 2009-September 2010
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3.2 Tax Collections Increased, 2003-113.3 Accountability Framework for Tax Collection; 4.1 Accountability Framework for Customs; 5.1 Accountability Framework for the Power Supply Reliability; 6.1 Sharp Decrease in Number of Official Procedures Needed to Build a Warehouse and Number of Days to Complete Them, 2005-10; 6.2 Georgia's Rank in Key Anticorruption-Related Reforms in Doing Business Indicators, 2005 and 2011; 6.3 Accountability Framework for Licenses and Permits; 7.1 Increase in Number of Property Registrations, 2003-10; 7.2 Accountability Framework for Public and Civil Registries
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8.1 Accountability Framework for University Entrance Examinations9.1 Local Self-Government Budgets, 2003 and 2011; 9.2 Accountability Framework for Municipal Service; 10.1 The Virtuous Cycle of Anticorruption Reforms; 10.2 The Right Balance between Prosecutorial Action and Institution Building in Fighting Corruption?; Tables; 1.1 Key Economic Indicators, 1992-2011; 1.2 Prevalence of Unofficial Payments in Selected Public Services in Georgia and Comparator Groups of Countries, 2010; 4.1 Selected Indicators of Customs Performance, 2003-10;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821394762
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821394755
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fighting Corruption in Public Services : Chronicling Georgia's Reforms
Language:
English
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