Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether higher levels of transparency,
accountability, and participation have a statistically significant association with corruption …

Abstract Development initiatives focused on illegal artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM)
typically assume that formalisation will address environmental degradation and poverty. But …

Despite the increasing interest and investment in whistle‐blowing regulations, policies, and
mechanisms, people are still hesitant to report corruption. The existing literature explaining …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the key causes of and solutions to
corruption in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and suggest ways for improving anti-corruption …

Decentralisation is a key reform in the fight against corruption, particularly in developing
countries. However, both scholarship and policy often fails to account for the social-spatial …

The Pacific Islands region that provides the focus of this chapter comprises 22 distinct
political entities scattered across a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. These include nine …

This chapter argues that Papua New Guinea (PNG) shows the difficulty of forging a national
identity and creating effective state institutions where state weakness and societal …

While organised crime comes in a variety of guises, in this paper we argue that organised
crime in the Pacific can be best framed as a nexus between political elites and seemingly …

This research explores the relationship between social norms and corruption in the Ghana
Police Service. In its analysis of corruption, this research moves away from a strict …

Drivers of electoral and institutional money politics in Papua New Guinea. Page 1
Australian Journal of Asian Law, 2017, Vol 18 No 2, Article 4: 1-13 Drivers of Electoral and …