http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1990 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/86007 Avoiding failure in Afghanistan means embracing its patronage politics—bribes and all, argues Alex De Waal. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164050/1/1990 The European Commission is turning a blind eye to corruption, lack of transparency and poor human rights in a bid to secure gas supplies in the repressive police state of Turkmenistan, according to a new report. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164035/1/1990 A handful of countries are responsible for the failure of a crucial meeting to agree an effective mechanism that would give a global anti-corruption treaty real power, four major NGOs said today. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85826 The International Monetary Fund should withdraw its plan for a multi-million-dollar loan to Angola unless there are "stringent conditions" that require the opening up of the country's oil industry to public scrutiny, an anti-corruption watchdog said ahead of the IMF's annual meeting in Turkey. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85804 It's no use making laws against corruption if there is no capacity to identify abuses and prosecute. Zambia still has a long way to go. Zambian Economist http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162118/1/1990 Would global poverty feature in the new president's inauguration speech? Yes it did, but let's hope that Barack Obama adopts rather less biblical language when it comes to real policy. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161494/1/1990 A visit to my local hospital reminds me that we might be branded as hypocrites in the UK if we criticize countries like Nigeria for corruption. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160285/1/1990 Transparency International’s new report calls on leading oil and gas companies for greater transparency in payments made to governments of resource-rich countries. Host governments need to enforce and enact regulations for an equitable exploitation of their oil and gas wealth to help fight poverty, the report adds. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83100 Zambia has been forced to reallocate resources intended for poverty alleviation to pay a "vulture fund," a company that scammed the impoverished nation to make millions off its cancellation of a 1999 debt, writes an organization promoting African development. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159094/1/1990 Tata Consultancy Services has designed a special software to prevent the misuse of funds meant for rural poor under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Over Rs 10 million have been recovered from local politicians and government officials in a village in southern India through the online system. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158844/1/1990 The Right to Information Act represents a historic breakthrough in promoting transparency in governance in India. Three years down the line amidst the success stories, there are failures as well. Transparency Review by the Centre for Media Studies highlights the lacunae in the Act and suggests ways to make it more effective. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/157321/1/1990 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of international officials, business leaders, and civil society activists have gathered in Indonesia this week for a major UN conference on corruption. At the same time, a week-long period of mourning began in the country to honor a political leader deemed to be one of the most corrupt in world history. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/156621/1/1990 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 (OneWorld) - Amid fears that ongoing violence could take many more human lives in Kenya, rights activists are calling for the government in Nairobi to allow an independent investigation of the presidential poll results. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155599/1/1990 A group of women is fighting social ills in Banda, one of the poorest, caste-ridden and chauvinistic societies in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Dressed in pink saris, these women fear not to wield sticks on the corrupt when need be. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/154748/1/1990 Bangladesh's emergency government has stepped up its efforts to cleanse its politics of corruption. Special anti-corruption taskforces have been set up all over the country, with more in line.