The study on ‘‘pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia’’ by Hussain (2005) shows that, in 26 major and medium-size canal irrigation schemes in Asia, irrigated areas average 20% lower poverty than adjacent rainfed areas; gains are more with pro-poor management of water for farming (PPMWF) and where distribution of farmland or farm water is more equal. These findings, an...

Corruption devastates society and the country, stifling economic growth increasing poverty. As nation's hope, university students play a vital role in fight against corruption. However, prior studies on perceptions of corruption especially Malaysian context are very limited. Thus, this study aims to investigate toward among higher education institutions Malaysia. Using questionnaire survey 115 ...

This article analyzes some of the factors in national regulations that can lead to corruption. In particular, value compliance with requirements for citizens, over-empowerment public authorities legislation, as well anti-corruption expertise were analyzed contributing Additionally, document developed by relevant state body on importance examination legislation and their drafts elimination corru...

The activities of human rights defenders concern all categories of human rights: civil, cultural, economic, political, and social. Inspired and guided by human rights standards, human rights defenders act against the serious problems that affect the life of people throughout the world, such as hunger and poverty, intolerance and discrimination, abuse of power and corruption, insecurity, conflic...

In an editorial titled “We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems” the authors Hutchinson, Balabanova, and McKee hope to encourage a wider conversation about corruption in the health sector. Such conversations are difficult to hold for at least five reasons; it is hard to define corruption; corruption may allow some fragile health systems to subsist, shifting blame – are those involved...

What prevents sub-Saharan Africa from escaping poverty through the development of significant manufacturing industries? The first category of constraints are those external to firms, about which we have economic theories: scarcity of physical capital, taxes, poor infrastructure, lack of human capital, corruption, trade costs. A second category are those internal to firms, about which we know li...

Religion creates a complex part of Kenya as country. In Kenya, almost all aspects life; social, political, and commercial life are punctuated with religious lexes rituals. Whereas Africa whole immersed in religiosity, poverty, ethnic politics, tribalism, bribery prevalent African countries the list cannot be complete without mentioning them. The inquiry thus arises to whether religiosity gives ...

Reluctance to talk about corruption is an important barrier to action. Yet the stakes of not addressing corruption in the health sector are higher than ever. Corruption includes wrongdoing by individuals, but it is also a problem of weak institutions captured by political interests, and underfunded, unreliable administrative systems and healthcare delivery models. We ur...