How to fight corruption
@article{Fisman2017HowTF, title={How to fight corruption}, author={Raymond Fisman and Miriam A. Golden}, journal={Science}, year={2017}, volume={356}, pages={803 - 804} }
Anticorruption efforts must minimize unintended effects Anticorruption initiatives are often put forth as solutions to problems of waste and inefficiency in government programs. It's easy to see why. So often, somewhere along the chain that links the many participants in public service provision or other government activities, funds may get stolen or misdirected, bribes exchanged for preferential treatment, or genuine consumers of public services supplemented by “ghost” users. As a result…
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