• Anti-corruption in transition. A contribution to the policy debate
  By the World Bank. Along with the increasing understanding in the world of the horrific impact of corruption on economic development and social stability, there has also been a radical increase in the demand for practical strategies for elimination of corruption. This report uncovers various types of corruption, identifies this problem and compares its expressions in the various transition period countries. That is followed by conclusions regarding the development of various anti-corruption strategies that would take into account the differences in the region thereby ensuring the effectiveness of reforms
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• Coalition building and monitoring in transition countries
  By the Center for the Study of Democracy. Once an "exotic" issue in the diplomatic exchanges, corruption became a constant part of the agenda of the international community in the early and mid-1990s. In recent years, corruption has evolved into one of the priority problems of transition societies. At the same time different approaches have been elaborated both to counter corruption and to take its dimensions, survey the background factors, and the multitude of meanings it has been attributed with by public opinion. In this respect the work of Coalition 2000, which combines civil society pro-active anticorruption measures and monitoring instruments, has emerged as a unique advocacy and research tool leading to practical results
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• Combating corruption at the customs administration
  By Boris Begovic and Bosko Mijatovic. The authors look at the causes of corruption at the customs in Serbia and offers suggestions on a wide range of anti corruption measures with the aim of reducing it to a minimum. They discuss the mechanics of customs corruption and outlines the various reasons and factors that lead customs officials, border guards and importers to partake in this escalating crime
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• Corruption in Serbia
  By Boris Begovic and Bosko Mijatovic. The findings of the report are based on a public opinion survey carried out in 2001 amongst 1,632 adults across a widespread section of society. The report also looked at the way corruption manifested itself in Serbian Society, in the judiciary, police force and customs, the Federal and Republican Government, and the possible reasons why such corruption existed. At the end, the writers put forward a 23 point action plan which puts the emphasis clearly on the elected government to generate the resolve to combat it and to carry out essential reforms in many areas of public life
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• Corruption, contraband and organized crime in Southeast Europe
  By the Center for the Study of Democracy. The report looks at the origins, mechanism and effects of, in particular, cross border corruption and smuggling within South Eastern Europe while giving statistical data to highlight the extent of the problem. Cross border smuggling and the inherent border cooperation that must accompany this scale of corruption is highlighted as one of the main problems in preventing the transition to a market economy in the former war torn states. The report states that the need to fully understand the true dimensions of the problem while establishing cross border cooperation to combat the problem is paramount in the fight against organized crime
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• Discretionary power, rent-seeking and corruption
  By Enrico Colombatto. The author argues that under many circumstances corruption can be a rational reaction to institutional failure. It analyses the nature of corruption and how it develops in accordance with the existing rules of the political and economic game. It looks at developed, undeveloped and transition countries and what it calls "crony capitalism"
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• Anti-corruption inSoutheast Europe: first steps and policies
  By the Center for the Study of Democracy. The report sensitizes politicians and civil society to the specific set of sources of corruption in the region. The first part analyzes the origins of cross border corruption in the region which is seen as a result of the rise of transnational crime caused by the violent break-up of formerYugoslavia. It intends to show that regional factors significantly contribute to national-level corruption and could undermine national anti-corruption efforts. In the second part, the report evaluates the national circumstances in which the regional factors develop
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• Corruption in everyday experience
  By Anna Kubiak. Corruption is present in the life of every society. However, it acquires particular significance in the legal, institutional aspect and in social perception during times of great political transformations. Such a period of change is currently being experienced by society inPoland. Despite the fact that in the process of transformation of the economic and political system unquestionable success has been achieved, this does not yet mean that an efficient State has been built. Central as well as local government authority is generally perceived as inefficient, too politicized, and by the same set at attaining particular interests at the cost of the public interest
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• Crime, corruption and the failure of economic reform: the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina
  By Robin Skulrak. The report examines current political and economic situation in Bosnia and the lack of progress that has been made since the signing of the Dayton agreement in 1995. Widespread corruption, weak governmental institutions and the lack of judicial independence are seen as the main contributing factors for the current sense of apathy amongst the general population with regards to the political situation. The author states that Bosnians tend to perceive themselves as members of their ethnic background rather than from a Bosnian state and the lack of civic identity is not helping grass root involvement in the democratic system
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• Is unofficial economy a source of corruption?
  By Vedran Sosic and Michael Faulend. The authors examine the connection between the unofficial economy and economic efficiency arguing that the former is not necessarily a negative influence in a transition state. The paper details various definitions of the unofficial economy and points out that the official economy and often the public services are where the main bulk of corruption, tax evasion and black economy can be found. The links between state politics and the economy are examined and the authors suggest that, in order for the economy to develop, the role of the state in the economy needs to be reduced, the discretionary power of public officials need to be limited and corrupt officials need to be exposed.
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• European prospects of the Western Balkans
  By the Centre for Eastern Studies. The Western Balkans is a European Union term, which refers to the area of the former Yugoslavia, minus Slovenia and plus Albania. As yet none of these countries have acquired the status of a European Union applicant country. If the European Union does not take decisive action to truly integrate the Western Balkans in regard to the possible joining of the European Union the region may slip into another crisis and lose all chance of integration with Europe. This paper looks at what it calls the burden of recent history, stereotypes about the Balkans and the European Union's current and future role in the region
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