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Why clientelism sparks corruption?
Art Against Corruption “Corrupción a alto nivel” By Elena Ospina Twelve years ago, the United Nations General Assembly designated December 9 as “International Anti-Corruption Day.” Today, it seems...
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Tracking the Decline of the Right
Mauricio Macri presented a face of change to world leaders in Davos last month, the first Argentine president to represent the South American country at the World Economic Forum in over a decade....
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Latin America: Turning the Corner on Corruption?
It has been a good couple of years for those fighting corruption in the Americas. Since May of this year, the leaders of the New York State Senate and Assembly were sentenced to terms ranging from...
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Release Information; Give Power to the People
In 2001, a coalition of academics and newspapers united in what was known as the Grupo Oaxaca to propose and advocate for a so-called Freedom of Information (FOI) law. Proponents argued that a FOI...
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Why Do Politicians Buy Votes?
Since the first exchange of a drachma for a vote in Athens more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, politicians have practiced the well-honed, if crude, art of vote buying. Today their inducements...
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Monitoring Corruption in Mexico: The Watchful Eye and the Cracking Whip
Corruption is a widespread problem in Latin America, despite recent progress. Some cases can have high visibility, especially when high-level authorities are involved in multi-million dollar scandals....
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Research Opportunity: Call for Visiting Scholars Program
The IDB’s Research Department invites promising young researchers (post-doctorate level) and recognized accredited Scholars to apply for the Visiting Research Scholars Program on Citizen Security and...
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Bringing Order to the Fight Against Urban Corruption
Over the last three years, the media in Latin America has been offered a rich harvest of scandal. Brazil’s Lava Jato affair, involving the diversion of money from contracts at the state-run oil...
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The Truth About Judicial Reform
Not since Italy’s Mani pulite (“clean hands”) investigations into political corruption has there been anything like it in Europe or the Americas. In Latin America, it is unprecedented. A sitting...
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Guatemala: The Crisis of Rule of Law and a Weak Party System
In mid-2015, tens of thousands of ordinary Guatemalans poured into the streets to protest against a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme at the highest levels of government and demand reform. By...
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Can Government and Civil Society Unite to Combat Corruption?
Corruption is a public enemy. Brazil’s ongoing Lava Jato scandal is only the most recent prominent example of what can happen when government expenditures are undertaken with insufficient transparency...
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Does Political Patronage Necessarily Lead to Bad Hiring?
Patronage is among the least loved of political practices, often synonymous with malfeasance and incompetence. Civic and development organizations rail against it. Numerous studies show that...
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The New Free-Market Fervor in Latin America
Latin American countries have a history of veering from left to right in economic affairs: from support for state-driven economic development to support for free markets. But a recent survey shows an...
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Are Female Politicians More Honest than Male Politicians?
Numerous studies show that female politicians on the whole are associated with less corruption than male ones. But Ugo Troiano and I were able to demonstrate the phenomenon with convincing evidence in...
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Do Term Limits Benefit Voters?
When allies of President Horacio Cartes tried to force an amendment through Paraguay’s congress last year to allow him to run for a second term, rioters took to the streets and set fire to Congress,...
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To Boost Education, Latin America Needs to Spend More Efficiently
Over the last two decades, Latin America and the Caribbean has made huge efforts to improve education. Investment in the sector has grown from 3.6% to 5.3% of GDP; the percentage of adolescents who...
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