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Global Integrity publishes much of its journalistic reporting in the form of books. Our most well-known book is the Corruption Notebooks, a hard-hitting compilation of Reporter's Notebooks drawn from the annual Global Integrity Report.

 

Improving Public Governance: Closing the Implementation Gap Between Law and Practice

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A joint publication by Global Integrity and Center for International Private Enterprise exploring why the gap between good governance laws and their actual implementation occurs and offering some possible scenarios and approaches for three key stakeholders to solve this problem – governments, the private sector, and civil society.

Authors: Anna Nadgrodkiewicz, Maiko Nakagaki, Marko Tomicic
Release Date: October 2012
Keywords: governance, law implementation, implementation gap, international best practices

 

Control Social en Ecuador

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A joint publication between Global Integrity and Grupo Faro exploring relevant techniques for citizen monitoring of government at the sub-national level in Ecuador.

Editor: Hazel Feigenblatt
Release Date: Summer 2011
Keywords: governance, citizen monitoring, Ecuador, international best practices

 

Monitoreo Ciudadano en Argentina

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A joint publication between Global Integrity and CIPPEC exploring relevant techniques for citizen monitoring of government at the sub-national level in Argentina.

Editor: Hazel Feigenblatt
Release Date: Summer 2011
Keywords: governance, citizen monitoring, Argentina, international best practices

 

Vigilencia Social en Perú

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A joint publication between Global Integrity and CAD-Ciudadanos al Dia exploring relevant techniques for citizen monitoring of government at the sub-national level in Peru.

Editor: Hazel Feigenblatt
Release Date: Summer 2011
Keywords: governance, citizen monitoring, Peru, international best practices

 

The Global Integrity Report: 2010 Executive Summary

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Finally, we address the request for a hard copy version of the annual Global Integrity Report. 

Editor: Nathaniel Heller
Release Date: Summer 2011
Keywords: corruption, good governance, international, data

 

The Corruption Notebooks Vol. VI

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The 2010 edition of our annual reporting on corruption and transparency challenges at the national level in countries. Featuring thematic stories on: Corruption & the Media; Corruption and the Judiciary; Corruption and Money Laundering in Latin America; Political Parties, Money, and Corruption; and Corruption & Internally Displaced Persons.

Editor: Hazel Feigenblatt
Release Date: Summer 2011
Keywords: corruption, investigative journalism, international, essays

 

The Corruption Notebooks 2009

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The 2009 installment in our annual series of essays on the culture of corruption worldwide. This culture of corruption can vary tremendously from place to place. And until we understand it, nothing can be done to change it.

Editor: Hazel Feigenblatt
Release Date: Spring 2010
Keywords: corruption, investigative journalism, international, essays

 

The Corruption Notebooks 2008

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The 2008 installment in our annual series of essays on the culture of corruption worldwide. This culture of corruption can vary tremendously from place to place. And until we understand it, nothing can be done to change it.

Editor: Jonathan Eyler-Werve
Release Date: Spring 2009
Keywords: corruption, investigative journalism, international, essays

 

A Users' Guide to Measuring Corruption

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A Users' Guide to Measuring Corruption is one of the first attempts to systematically explore the practical challenges and opportunities of measuring corruption. Based on a review of the literature and bolstered by more than 30 original interviews with experts in the field, A Users' Guide provides government, civil society and the private sector with examples of "good practices" in measuring corruption. A joint publication with the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre.

Authors: Afroza Chowdhury, Nathaniel Heller, Raymond June, Jonathan Eyler-Werve
Editors: Joachim Nahem & Marie Laberge, UNDP
Release Date: September 2008
Keywords: governance, development, corruption, metrics, measurement, methodology, survey design

 

The Corruption Notebooks 2007

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The latest installment in our annual series of essays on the culture of corruption worldwide. This culture of corruption can vary tremendously from place to place. And until we understand it, nothing can be done to change it.

Editor: Jonathan Eyler-Werve
Release Date: Spring 2008
Keywords: corruption, investigative journalism, international, essays

 

The Corruption Notebooks 2006

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The Corruption Notebooks are stories told by local journalists of how countries are struggling daily to rein in graft and protect the public interest. The authors are among the world's best journalists, examining the politics of their home countries as no one else can.

Editor: Jonathan Eyler-Werve
Release Date: Spring 2007
Keywords: corruption, investigative journalism, international, essays

 

The Corruption Notebooks

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Published by our friends at The Center for Public Integrity, this is the first volume in what has become an annual series. The Corruption Notebooks is a hard-hitting collection of essays by leading investigative journalists around the world on what happens when the public is either uninformed about abuses of power or incapable of doing anything about it.

Release Date: 2004
Keywords: corruption, investigative journalism, international, essays