Resources

Essential Principles

Council of Europe, Anti-Corruption Standards.

Diamond, Larry. "Building a System of Comprehensive Accountability to Control Corruption." 2003.

Dilani, Diane. League of Women Voters.
     “The Legal Framework of Transparency and Accountability within the Context of Privatization.”

Center for Responsive Politics (home page).

Freedom House.
     "Combating Impunity: Transitional Justice and Anti-Corruption." 2013.

Kagan, Donald. Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy. Free Press: New York, 1998.

Katz, Ellen M. “Transparency in Government—How American Citizens Influence Public Policy.” U.S. Department of State: Washington, DC, 1999.

Open Government Partnership (home page).

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD home page). See standards and model legislation governing public institutions (http://www.oecd.org/corruption/).

United Nations. Convention Against Corruption (2005).

Botswana

The New York Times: World Topics: Botswana.

Auditor General, Government of Botswana: Home Page.
     See: Reports of the Auditor General on the Accounts of the Botswana Government.

Bibliography and Guide to Sources on Botswana, by Neil Parsons. 2007.

Bohm, John and Molutsi, Patrick, eds., Democracy in Botswana. University Press: Ohio, 1990.

The Guardian. “Botswana Bushmen: 'If You Deny Us the Right To Hunt, You Are Killing Us.'” Apr 18, 2014.

Tlou, Thomas, and Alec Campbell. History of Botswana, 2nd ed. Gaborone, Botswana: Macmillan, 1997.

Transparency International (home page). See current year Corruption Perceptions Index and country report on Botswana.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to most current year Country Reports and drop down menu for Botswana).

Philippines

Economist: Topics Index: Philippines. See, e.g.:
     “Banyan: The Surprisingly Successful President of the Philippines,” May 31, 2014.

The New York Times: World Topics: Philippines.

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2016: Philippines.

Mendoza, Jr., Amado. “’People Power’ in the Philippines: 1983-86,” Chapter 11, pp. 179-196. Civil Resistance and Power Politics. Editors: A. Roberts and T. G. Ash. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Transparency and Accountability Network (home page).

Transparency International (home page).

See current year Corruption Perceptions Index and country report on Philippines.

See also: Transparency International: Philippines Chapter.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to most current year Country Reports and drop down menu for Philippines).

Kazakhstan

Economist magazine: Topics Index: Kazakhstan. See, e.g.: 
     “Intimations of Mortality: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan,” April 6, 2013.
      “No Choice: Elections in Central Asia,” April 4, 2015.

The New York Times: World Topics: Kazakhstan.

Energy Information Administration, Country Briefs: Kazakhstan. Washington, DC: Department of Energy.

Eurasianet.org: Kazakhstan Page.

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2015: Kazakhstan. See also:
     “Striking Oil, Striking Workers,” Special Report, September 2012.
     “Kazakhstan’s Labor Rights Debacle,” Special Report, September 2012.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: “Kazakh Labor Bill Sidelines Independent Trade Unions.” 2013.

Kazakhstan Bureau of Human Rights (home page in English).

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. See news and features on Kazakhstan.

Transparency International (home page).
      See current year Corruption Perceptions Index and country report on Kazakhstan.
      See also: Transparency International: Kazakhstan Chapter.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to most current year Country Reports and drop down menu for Kazakhstan).