03309oam 2200661Ia 450 991033096050332120221206110004.0(OCoLC)233035604ExL(EXLCZ)991224709130004120080702d2008 uf 0engur|n|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTackling corruption, transforming lives accelerating human development in Asia PacificNew Delhi Published for UNDP by Macmillan India Ltd.2008xxi, 233 pages digital, PDF file"Assigned UN sales number: E.08. III. B.2"--Title page verso"Team for the preparation of the Asia-Pacific Human Development Report Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives : team leader Anuradha Rajivan ; core team: Gry Ballestad, Elena Borsatti, Ramesh Gampat, Renata Rubian, Niranjan Sarangi, Ruwanthi Senarathne, Omar Siddique, Manoja Wickramarathne ; statistics team: Ramesh Gampart, Niranjan Sarangi, Ruwanthi Senarathne, Manoja Wickramarathne ; editor: Peter Stalker ; designer: Rustam Vania."Title from PDF title screen (viewed July 2, 2008)Includes bibliographical referencesThe scourge of corruption -- Justice for sale -- Keeping public services honest -- Stopping leakages in financial and material aid -- Cleaning up natural resources -- Crushing corruption from the top -- Citizens on watch -- Driving out corruptionPeople across the Asia-Pacific region are becoming increasingly concerned about corruption, and governments are starting to react. Hauling the rich and powerful before the courts may grab the headlines, but the poor will benefit more from efforts to eliminate the corruption that plagues their everyday lives. Corruption has to be tacked from the top down and from the bottom up, with vigorous support from the media and organizations of civil society. An international response is needed to counter cross-border corruption in this increasingly globalized world as wellAsia-Pacific human development reportCorruptionAsiaCorruptionPacific AreaJudicial corruptionPolitical corruptionPolice corruptionCorruptionfast(OCoLC)fst01352550Judicial corruptionfast(OCoLC)fst00984645Police corruptionfast(OCoLC)fst01068588Political corruptionfast(OCoLC)fst01069240AsiafastPacific AreafastCorruptionCorruptionJudicial corruption.Political corruption.Police corruption.Corruption.Judicial corruption.Police corruption.Political corruption.United Nations Development Programme (India)Macmillan India LimitedSNMSNMZCUOCLCQOCLCFOCLCOOCLCQDGU9910330960503321Tackling corruption, transforming lives2022675UNINA