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Africa Masterweb your gateway to Africa

Africa Masterweb's primary objective is the cyber consolidation of African resources to enable its people harness them better and in addition provide the much needed information about the continent to prospective investors and the world in general. We will simplify and professionalized African web searches with a Masterweb Search Engine in due course. African Union with her regional economic communities, is well prepared and structured for the cyber age.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Why has the OECD, along with other members of the international community, mobilised to fight corruption? The answer is simple: corruption respects no borders, knows no economic distinctions and infects all forms of government. In the long run, no country can afford the social, political or economic costs that corruption entails. The OECD takes a multidisciplinary approach in fighting corruption.

Accountability and Transparency

UNDP's Governance for Livelihoods and Development in the Pacific (GOLD) Programme. What is Accountability and Transparency?

Fighting Corruption In The SADC and Sub-Saharan Africa, John Mw Makumbe, Chairman

Global Integrity Towards 2000 and Beyond, 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference, October 10-15, 1999, Durban, South Africa.

Towards an enhanced role for civil society in the fight against corruption in Africa.

Global Integrity Towards 2000 and Beyond, 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference, October 10-15, 1999, Durban, South Africa.

Programme for Accountability and Transparency (PACT)

Global Integrity Towards 2000 and Beyond, 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference, October 10-15, 1999, Durban, South Africa

Ethics and Accountability in the African Civil Service

Ethics and Accountability in the African Civil Service
by Sadig Rasheed , Full text of an article from DPMN Bulletin, 3(1) August 1995: pages 12-14.

Africa Governance Forum (AGF II): Accountability and Transparency in Africa

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Links to institutions

Corruption and Good Governance

United Nations Development Program, Corruption and Good Governance, Discussion Paper 3.

Transparency International

Transparency International, the only international non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption, brings civil society, business, and governments together in a powerful global coalition.

"Accountability, Transparency, Integrity"

Welcome to the website of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)! This website is intended to be a portal for parliamentarians from around the world interested in joining forces to fight corruption and promote good governance.

USAID/OIG:Accountability in the InternationalEnvironment

EVERETTL MOSLEY, U.S. Agency for International Development, Inspector General

Global Corruption Report 2004

The Global Corruption Report 2004 provides an overview of the state of corruption around the world. It covers national and international developments, institutional and legal change and activities within both the private sector and civil society for the period from July 2002 to June 2003. This year the Global Corruption Report focuses on political corruption. It presents 34 country reports and the latest research on corruption.

Introductiion to Political Corruption

What is political corruption? By Transparency International.

Corruption 'costs Africa billions'

BBC News: Wednesday, 18 September, 2002

Accountability, Transparency and Anti-corruption

Accountability, Transparency and Anti-corruption
In an era of increasing globalization, governments play a critical role to ensure economic competitiveness and growth, good governance and sustainable development

Anti-Corruption:Practice Note

United Nations Development Program, Anti-Corruption Practice Note: Final Version

Internet Centre for Corruption Research

The Internet Center for Corruption Research provides you with the TI-Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative assessment of country's integrity performance, alongside with related academic research on corruption. Approach our research area for this purpose.

CONTACT-Country Assessment in Accountability and Transparency

Country Assessment in Accountability and Transparency or CONTACT has been developed by the United Nations to provide the international development community with a comprehensive tool to assess the financial architecture and integrity systems of a country.

Principles To Combat Corruption In African Countries

Global Coalition for Africa in Washington DC on February 23, 1999

United Nations – Anti-Corruption Toolkit

The United Nations Anti-Corruption Toolkit, 3rd edition, was issued and printed with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Development Cooperation) of The Netherlands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.

Systematic Weaknesses of Budget Management in Anglophone Africa

IMF Working Paper, Fiscal Affairs Department. Prepared by Ian Lienert and Feridoun Sarraf, December 2001.

Governance & Anti-Corruption

The World Bank views good governance and anti-corruption as central to its poverty alleviation mission. Nowadays, there are many units throughout the World Bank Group working on hundreds of governance and anti-corruption activities.