Fine-tuning / Sri Lanka threats / Bangladesh amendment

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COMMENTARY: Fine-Tuning Anticorruption Initiatives to Decrease Their Chilling Effect.  “Aggressive anticorruption crackdowns may have an important indirect cost: they may have a chilling effect on legitimate, socially beneficial behavior, such as public and private investment in economically productive activities.”
Nathan Sandals/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/06/10/chill-out-fine-tuning-anticorruption-initiatives-to-decrease-their-chilling-effect/

INFO: Sri Lanka corruption probe hit by threats from officials, says PM.  Sri Lanka's ongoing anti-corruption drive has been hit by a threat of non-cooperation from public officials, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament.
Business Standard: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lanka-corruption-probe-hit-by-threats-from-officials-pm-116060801148_1.html

INFO: Bangladesh legislature passes anti-corruption amendment law.  Bangladesh’s national legislature passed the Anti-Corruption Commission (amendment) Bill, 2016 aimed at making the country’s anti-graft watchdog more strong, accountable and effective.
Sangsad Bhaban/Proton-Alo: http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/107565/JS-passes-anti-corruption-amendment-bill

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