How to fight durably and effectively against corruption in the context of the developing countries?
The analysis of the determinants of corruption, and in particular the study of Senegal and Mali, furnish information on ways to combat corruption in the context of the developing countries, which is the third part of the Centre’s research activities. An important question in this respect is whether it is possible to fight corruption in a single administration without this undertaking being an integral part of a nation-wide initiative. The initial findings of the study of customs fraud would seem to suggest not. For the past 20 years, Hong Kong has waged an effective war on corruption. The Development Centre has embarked on a study of this experience, from which there is much to be learnt, analysing the reasons for its success and the difficulties encountered6. The strategy adopted in Hong Kong has been to act simultaneously, and in a co-ordinated manner, on three fronts: investigating and criminalizing past cases of corruption, prevention through organisational reform of the administra
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