Internship Opportunity / Malaysia / 2015 CPI

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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Governance and Peace Building - UNDP

Location : Bangkok, THAILAND
Application Deadline : 04-Mar-16
Languages Required : English  
Starting Date : 01-Jun-2016
Expected Duration of Assignment : 3-6 months
United Nations Development Programme Bangkok Regional Hub (UNDP BRH) offers an internships position to serve in the Effective Governance and Peacebuilding Team, with a focus on supporting the areas of Rule of Law, Transparency, Accountability and Anti-Corruption in the summer of 2016.
To know more or apply, please visit: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=63885
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INFO: Malaysian students taught that corruption is a sin

The basics on corruption are now part of the Moral Studies and Islamic studies textbooks of Year Six students, according to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Commissioner (Prevention) Mustafar Ali.
Read more in Free Malaysia Today. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/02/02/students-being-taught-that-corruption-is-a-sin/

COMMENTARY: The 2015 CPI and Year-to-Year Changes - A Definite Improvement, But Problems Remain

"[Transparency International] has been very good about emphasizing the difference between perceptions and reality. But it’s a point that nonetheless often gets lost… a danger here is that anticorruption advocates and reformers will become demoralized if too much emphasis is placed on the CPI, as their very successes may result in a worsening of their scores."

Read the full post by Matthew Stephenson, editor in chief, Global Anticorruption Blog. http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/02/04/the-2015-cpi-and-year-to-year-changes-a-definite-improvement-but-problems-remain/

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