Evaluating anti-corruption strategies / Financial sector scrutiny / Foreign anti-corruption judges

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A Critical Evaluation of National Anticorruption Strategies (commentary).  "Unfortunately, most of the existing analysis of national anticorruption strategies focuses not on substance, but only on process (things like stakeholder engagement, the drafting process, the need for realism, cost-benefit analysis, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, etc.)."
Mark Pyman, Senior Fellow at the London Institute for Statecraft/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/04/06/guest-post-a-critical-evaluation-of-national-anticorruption-strategies/

China’s financial sector told to expect new wave of graft scrutiny.  [China's] graft-busters are expected to once again set their sights on the financial sector after several senior industry figures came under investigation, according to state media.
Zhuang Pinghui/South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2088080/chinas-financial-sector-told-expect-new-wave-graft

When Should Countries Outsource Key Anticorruption Functions to Foreigners? (commentary)  "Partly because of previous work I’ve done (with Sofie Schütte of the U4 Centre) on specialized anticorruption courts, I recently had the opportunity to participate in some interesting discussions in Kiev about ongoing debates about the possible the creation of such a court for Ukraine. There’s much to say on this topic generally, but what most and surprised me about the discussions I was fortunate enough to attend was how much they focused on a specific proposal—advanced by certain influential members of the Ukrainian civil society community—for the international donor community to participate (indirectly but formally) in the selection of the judges to serve on this court."

Matthew Stephenson/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/04/11/when-should-countries-outsource-key-anticorruption-functions-to-foreigners/

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