By International Anti-Corruption Academy
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The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' in Vienna, to examine how we measure state capture.
State capture is a systematic type of corruption with the potential to transform the state or parts of it by shaping the rules of the game to benefit vested interests.
However, existing measures of corruption are inadequate to discern the prevalence of state capture from that of petty forms of corruption, suggesting that a change of course is needed if the aim is to produce appropriate policy responses to the phenomenon.
State capture may also have particularly long term and harmful consequences, so measuring it is important to ascertain its costs, as well as to assess trends and the effectiveness of remedial actions.
So the GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna, in May 2023.
In this podcast, the co-organisers of the 'think-in' Liz David-Barrett and Daniel Kaufmann reflect on what they learnt from the event, and how it could affect future work in the field.
The podcast is a companion piece to the GMPC insights brief, written after the event, which explains why a targeted shift to state capture measurement is useful, takes stock of various approaches to the topic, and analyses their promise and pitfalls. Further, it outlines a diversity of indicators and data sources that can be harnessed to measure state capture at the country level and sets out some questions for future research.
Link to Daniel Kaufmann and Joel Hellman’s original 2000 paper on state capture: "Seize the State, Seize the Day" : State Capture, Corruption, and Influence in Transition
Link to Liz David-Barrett's paper on state capture from March 2023 entitled: State capture and development: a conceptual framework
Link to a Sussex University blog post about the above paper.
Link to Daniel Kaufmann bio (from the Brookings Institute site)
If you want to find out more about the Global Programme for Measuring Corruption:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
How we measure corruption shapes how we view and address the problem, and those on the frontline of fighting corruption know that more than anyone.
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' in Vienna, to examine one area where there is particular demand to improve measurement - the effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies.
Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) have become the institutional cornerstone of combating corruption worldwide. Yet, systematic evidence about whether, or in what conditions they are effective is scant.
So the GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna in June 2023.
In this podcast, the co-organisers of the 'think-in' Liz David-Barrett and Sofie Schütte reflect on what they learnt from the event, and how it could affect future work in the field.
The podcast is a companion piece to this GPMC Insights Brief, written after the event, that presents guidance to ACA practitioners and policymakers on what existing tools can be utilized to design and carry out capacity and effectiveness measurement programmes, and what gaps remain.
It also outlines investigative performance indicators to aid ACAs in identifying useful metrics to evaluate their performance, and advice about how to interpret them.
Link to more information about The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recent global conference on harnessing data to improve corruption measurement.
Link to Sofie Schütte's bio:
Link to the blog post mentioned by Sofie in the podcast and published prior to think-in.
The agency Sofie Schütte works for (https://www.u4.no) has produced topic pages on ACAs and measurement:
Anti-corruption agencies (u4.no)
Evaluation and measurement (u4.no)
Listeners can find further U4 resources there.
If you want to find out more about the Global Programme for Measuring Corruption:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
Link to the Solutions Journalism Network mentioned in the podcast:
www.solutionsjournalism.org
Celestino Calabrese is the UK National Crime Agency’s threat lead for Money Laundering, Bribery, Corruption, and financial sanctions.
He has eight years of experience in tackling economic crime in both intelligence and strategic leadership roles.
Celestino is also the NCA’s lead on a wide portfolio of priorities including but not limited to: Companies House Reform, the Registration of Overseas Entities Bill, and Tier One Investor Visa Reform.
His work has been a driving force behind recent legislative and policy shifts within His Majesty’s Government.
In this episode he discusses; why his Agency is interested in how illicit financial flows from grand corruption are measured; and why it's important for the Agency's work.
Background to the podcast
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' at their HQ in the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, to examine one area that is particularly hard to measure – Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs, and specifically the IFFs that arise from grand corruption.
The GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna.
And this podcast was recorded at the 'think-in'
If you enjoyed this conversation, and would like to listen to a round-up of the whole 'think-in' we have just the podcast for you.
https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/measuring-illicit-financial-flows-from-grand-corruption
In it the co-organisers Liz David Barrett and Ken Okamura - discuss why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the 'think-in' and how it will inform future work.
We also have a podcast with Matt Collin (mentioned in this podcast) discussing a working paper (he's co-authored) about the impact of the UK’s new laws on beneficial ownership transparency.
https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/the-end-of-londongrad-the-impact-of-beneficial-ownership-transparency-on-offshore-investment-in-uk-property
If you would like to read an overview of the whole 'think-in' here’s our key insights brief published afterwards.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected]
How we measure corruption shapes how we view and address the problem - but measuring corruption is also extraordinarily difficult and complex.
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' at their HQ in the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, to examine one area that is particularly hard to measure – Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs, and specifically the IFFs that arise from grand corruption.
The GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna.
In this podcast recorded at the 'think-in', Bob Rijkers, a Senior Economist at the World Bank, discusses a paper he co-authored about using using customs declarations data to detect IFFs.
Here is the link to his published paper on corruption in Madagascar customs: https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/138/1/575/6695012
The working paper version can be found here: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/726921634045778647/pdf/Corruption-in-Customs.pdf
The Tunisia research can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387816300608
The working paper can be found here: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/440461468173649062/pdf/WPS6810.pdf
If you enjoyed this conversation, and would like to listen to a round-up of the whole 'think-in' we have just the podcast for you.
https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/measuring-illicit-financial-flows-from-grand-corruption
In it, the co-organisers Liz David Barrett and Ken Okamura - discuss why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the 'think-in' and how it will inform future work.
If you would like to read an overview of the whole 'think-in' here’s our key insights brief published afterwards.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected]
How we measure corruption shapes how we view and address the problem but measuring corruption is also extraordinarily difficult and complex.
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' at their HQ in the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, to examine one area that is particularly hard to measure – Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs, and specifically the IFFs that arise from grand corruption.
The GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna.
In this podcast recorded at the 'think-in' Tymon Kiepe discusses: his work in this field, what beneficial ownership transparency means, its relevance to tracking illicit financial flows and all the important developments around ownership registers.
If you enjoyed this conversation, and would like to listen to a round-up of the whole 'think-in' we have just the podcast for you.
https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/measuring-illicit-financial-flows-from-grand-corruption
In it the co-organisers Liz David Barrett and Ken Okamura - discuss why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the 'think-in' and how it will inform future work.
We also have a podcast with Matt Collin (the academic Tymon mentions in this podcast) discussing a working paper (he's co-authored) about the impact of the UK’s new laws on beneficial ownership transparency.
https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/the-end-of-londongrad-the-impact-of-beneficial-ownership-transparency-on-offshore-investment-in-uk-property
If you would like to read an overview of the whole 'think-in' here’s our key insights brief published afterwards.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected]
How we measure corruption shapes how we view and address the problem but measuring corruption is also extraordinarily difficult and complex.
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' at their HQ in the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, to examine one area that is particularly hard to measure – Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs, and specifically the IFFs that arise from grand corruption.
The GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna.
In this podcast recorded at the 'think-in' Navin Beekarry - Director-General of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Mauritius since 2016 - discusses his work in this field, in particular his Commission's use of 'politically exposed persons' lists.
If you enjoyed this conversation, and would like to listen to a round-up of the whole 'think-in' - we have just the podcast for you.
https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/measuring-illicit-financial-flows-from-grand-corruption
In it the co-organisers Liz David Barrett and Ken Okamura - discuss why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the 'think-in' and how it will inform future work.
If you would like to read more on the topic, here’s our key insights brief published after the 'think-in'.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected]
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' at their HQ in the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, to examine one area that is particularly hard to measure – Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs, and specifically the IFFs that arise from grand corruption.
The GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna.
At the think-in, economist Matt Collin discussed a working paper (he had co-authored) about the impact of the UK’s Economic Crime Act.
In this podcast he discusses the purpose of the paper in more detail, its interim findings, and the challenges of measuring new laws aimed at curbing illicit finanical flows.
A link to Matt's working paper:
https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/end-londongrad-impact-beneficial-ownership-transparency-offshore-investment-uk-property
A blog about the working paper by the authors:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2023/03/21/the-uks-landmark-effort-to-stop-dirty-money-flowing-into-its-real-estate-sector-may-be-working/
If you’d like to listen to the co-creators of think-in discuss their key take-aways you can listen to this podcast just released.
If you would like to read more on the topic of illicit finanical flows, here’s our key insights brief published after the 'think-in'.
We also recorded one-on-one conversations with the other participants at the think-in in Vienna which will be available on this link very shortly.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected]
How we measure corruption shapes how we view and address the problem - but measuring corruption is also extraordinarily difficult and complex.
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption ('GPMC') recently held a 'think-in' at their HQ in the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, to examine one area that is particularly hard to measure – Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs, and specifically the IFFs that arise from grand corruption.
The GPMC assembled a team of practitioners and academics to debate and discuss the topic over three days in Vienna. In this podcast, the co-organisers of the 'think-in' - Liz David Barrett and Ken Okamura - discuss why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the event and how it will inform future work.
They ask whether we have an evidence base to support the Financial Action Task Force recommendations on combatting money laundering, highlight new ways of thinking about Trade-Based Money Laundering, and suggest how lists of Politically Exposed Persons might be improved and better utilised. They also talk about the potential of Beneficial Ownership data to help address IFFs, and call for new efforts to measure the effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies.
If you’d like to take a deeper dive into this topic, we also recorded one-on-one conversations with the other participants at the think-in in Vienna which will be available on this link very shortly.
If you would like to read more on the topic, here’s our key insights brief published after the 'think-in'.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected]
Background
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption (‘GPMC’) recently held a 'think-in' at their International Anti-Corruption Academy HQ, in Vienna, to examine how measuring a different concept - integrity - could help change the narrative and yield better outcomes in the anti-corruption field.
The GPMC assembled a learned, thoughtful and talkative team of practitioners and academics, from a diverse range of disciplines and continents, to discuss, listen and learn about the topic over four days.
In this conversation with Wouter Vandenabeele, an Associate Professor of Human Resources Management, he talks about his interest in ethics, public service motivation and his thoughts on measuring integrity.
More about Wouter Vandenabeele
Wouter is Associate Professor of Human Resources Management at Utrecht University and Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven – KU Leuven (Belgium). He is member of the executive board and treasurer of the International Research Society for Public
Management (IRSPM). He is also a member of the European Group of Public Administration, the American Society of Public Administration and the Public Management Research Association. He is an editorial board member of various national and international academic journals. His research focuses on public service motivation and the public sector. He obtained his master in Political Sciences in 2000 at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 2008, he successfully defended his PhD dissertation 'Towards a public administration theory of public service motivation' at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 2011, he was appointed visiting professor at the Public Management Institute at the Catholic University Leuven.
Want to hear more?
We recorded one-on-one conversations with all of the other participants at the think-in in Vienna whch are available to listent to now on all the major podcast platforms. https://measurement-matters.zencast.website
After the event we also recorded a conversation between the co-organisers of the 'think-in' - Liz David Barrett, Dieter Zinnbauer and Juan Ceballos - on why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the event and how it will inform the 'Programme' over the coming months. https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/reflecting-on-the-think-in-on-measuring-integrity
Want to read more?
If you would like to read more on the topic then:
Here’s our background briefing paper (LINK TO COME) published before the think-in; and
Here’s our key insights paper published after the 'think-in'.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected].
Background
The Global Programme for Measuring Corruption (‘GPMC’) recently held a 'think-in' at the International Anti-Corruption Academy HQ, in Vienna, to examine how measuring a different concept - integrity - could help change the narrative and yield better outcomes in the anti-corruption field.
The GPMC assembled a learned, thoughtful and talkative team of practitioners and academics, from a diverse range of disciplines and continents, to discuss, listen and learn about the topic over four days.
In this conversation with psychologist Dr Paul Vorster, an Internal Research Specialist at The Ethics Institute, he talks about his professional interest in corruption, ethics and 'counter-productive work behaviour', and the difficulties in defining and measuring integrity.
More about Dr Paul Vorster
Dr Paul Vorster holds a PhD in Industrial Psychology from the University of Johannesburg. He is Internal Research Specialist at The Ethics Institute. In this position he specialises in organisational ethics interventions and conducts evidence-based research on organisational culture/ethics using psychometrically sound measurement instruments. Dr Paul Vorster is an organisational ethics expert working with high profile public and private organisations in South Africa, the greater Africa region, and outside of Africa. Prior to working at The Ethics Institute Dr Paul Vorster was a research consultant at JvR Psychometrics and completed his PhD in Industrial Psychology. He is well-recognised in the field and often invited to conduct workshops, training, or written opinion pieces. He also has a strong statistical background in psychological measurement and presented approximately 18 papers at national and international conferences and written many opinion pieces/popular press articles.
Want to hear more?
We recorded one-on-one conversations with all of the other participants at the Vienna 'think-in' which are all now available to listen to on the major podcast platforms. https://measurement-matters.zencast.website
After the event we also recorded a conversation between the co-organisers of the 'think-in' - Liz David Barrett, Dieter Zinnbauer and Juan Ceballos - on why they chose the topic, what they learnt from the event and how it will inform the 'Programme' over the coming months. https://measurement-matters.zencast.website/episodes/reflecting-on-the-think-in-on-measuring-integrity
Want to read more?
If you would like to read more on the topic then:
Here’s our background briefing paper (LINK TO COME) published before the think-in; and
Here’s our key insights paper published after the 'think-in'.
If you want to find out more about the programme, visit this link:
https://www.iaca.int/measuring-corruption
And if you have specific questions please feel free to email the team: [email protected].
The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.