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The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an American government aid agency, has restricted aid flowing to the Philippines due to concerns about corruption. The MCC is setting aside a prior decision to promote the country from “Threshold” to “Compact” aid status, which would have secured significant funding for development projects. The decision appears largely based on…

China Up Close {Part One of Three}Read part two: The details.Read part three: Our conclusions.Based on data from the Global Integrity Report: China No foreign country holds more of its currency reserves in dollars and dollar-denominated financial instruments, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, than China. The country is the destination for massive and increasing investment…

New Report Assesses Anti-Corruption Mechanisms and Government Accountability in 55 Countries, Including First Investigation of China (Washington D.C.) – Although elections are often touted as the linchpin of governance reform efforts around the world, a new report finds long-term benefits offered by elections are often undermined by a lack of government accountability and the absence…

January 30, 2008, Washington D.C. — Global Integrity Report: 2007. Clean elections no guarantee of strong democratic society, global study finds. New report assesses anti-corruption mechanisms and government accountability in 55 countries, including first investigation of China. Click here to read The Global Integrity Report… Click here for Press Release – English (pdf)…Click here for…

From the New York Times: Mugabe Were, a freshman parliamentarian, could have been one of the keys to unlocking Kenya’s crisis but on Tuesday he was shot dead in his driveway.

The Washington Post publishes an op-ed by journalist Pranay Gupte claiming that recently deceased Indonesian dictator Suharto’s rule wasn’t all that bad — because he was ok with birth control, controlled population growth, and didn’t have to torture people to do it. Setting the bar pretty low, aren’t we? Gupte writes: I am not one…