Sentences with phrase «other issues of corruption»

It relies upon 13 expert data sources, including assessments from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the World Economic Forum, to determine levels of bribery, diversion of public funds, use of public office for private gain and other issues of corruption.

Not exact matches

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

The sanctions have also accelerated «the problems that PDVSA and Venezuela were already having at accessing the international payments system» because of issues like corruption and misdealing that had turned off banks and other business partners, according to Palacios.

Military politics The Edmonton Journal «s Graham Thomson recaps Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson's whirlwind tour of Afghanistan, noting his comments on the security situation, corruption and other issues mirrored the trip itself: «low - key, cautious and short,» not to mention, in contrast with his predecessor, «gaffe - free.»

But when the issue transcends petty political rascality, and becomes a vicious war to roll back gains against corruption, corruption that has, for too long, under - developed the people, resulting in mass anguish and pains, then it is nothing but capital crime of political hue: one side must die for the other to prevail.

But of course, nationalist tensions are useful to distract the public from other issues (like for example the corruption issues surrounding Romania these days).

Many legislators and advocates disagreed with Cuomo's assessment that the new bill required emergency action, saying that super PACs were not an issue in the major corruption convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and other recently disgraced legislators.

After «the indictment of 11 figures in a federal corruption investigation related to gambling legislation, some consider the issue dead and others know that «black eye» will be tough to overcome.»

Other lawmakers have raised issued with the original amendment's wording as well, saying it could impact officials convicted of crimes other than corrupOther lawmakers have raised issued with the original amendment's wording as well, saying it could impact officials convicted of crimes other than corrupother than corruption.

«I think you're seeing more aggressive pursuit by the attorney generals office and other prosecutors of issues related to public corruption than you've ever seen before,» the AG said.

Mr. Rawlings and Mr. Amidu who are considered members of the opposition NDC have on several occasions criticised the party for corruption and other issues they believe contributed to the party's defeat in the 2016 general elections.

We would like to ask the CID and other institutions involved in resolving this issue to expedite action on the matter in order to show that we can win the fight against corruption and to restore public confidence in the institutions of state.

On Governance, the report noted that, although the Office of the Special Prosecutor was established to help combat corruption and Public sensitization carried out in 2017, little progress was made on other anti-corruption measures on governance issues in the first year.

Dr. Mahama, who spoke on several issues ranging from education, health, economy unemployment and corruption among others, said the PNDC remains the best alternative to turn around the fortunes of the country.

The main goal of the protestors is against Wall Street corruption and greed, but the group has rallied against a number of other issues, including unemployment, economic inequality, college tuition rates, police brutality, health care and even the execution of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis.

In April 2010, Rep. Meeks officially notified then - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) he had been served with a subpoena for documents issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; press reports said the subpoena was tied to the federal corruption probe into the nonprofits tied to Rep. Meeks and other Queens politicians.

Other issues are clearly dragging down Cuomo's numbers — especially the revival of Albany's cartoon image as a cesspool of corruption since the mid-January arrest of longtime Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver.

«The other issues for example is the fraud and the corruption that is associated with large sums of money given out by the past National Security Adviser which went to several political figures and again these were huge sums of money, over $ 2bn and the sheer size and the enormity of what we are talking about, must not be diminished in any way or trivialised in anyway by any suggestion that it is partisan.

It may be advisable for the state to issue a statement from the surgeon general before the next corruption trial: «WARNING: Taking part on this jury may cause low self - esteem, chest pains, sprained ankles, feelings of passive - aggressiveness toward others, and hatred toward government, and may complicate your social life.»

Street protests in Brazil started in June 2013, mainly due to bus fares, but rapidly expanded to cover other issues — such as the lack of proper education, sanitation and health services, besides corruption and the feeling of misrepresentation by official institutions.

In these linked stories, she tackles - among other issues - poverty, political oppression, corruption, violence, women's rights, the class systems of Zimbabwe and the United States, and the problems of alienation at home and in a foreign land.

Its two and a half rooms devoted to the»70s were startling for their range, beginning with Robert Rauschenberg's prescient Currents (1970), which consists of 60 feet of press clippings, including headlines about corruption, war, gay rights, and other issues.

Gelbspan's version of the events sequence leading him to discover the «corruption of skeptic scientists» has him co-authoring a global warming article with a scientist in early 1995, becoming alarmed enough at the scope of the issue to consider writing a book about it, becoming so relieved after reading works from Dr Singer and others that he dropped the book idea, and then discovering that such skeptics were industry - corrupted liars.

The complex regulatory landscape also requires a deft hand to guide you through issues around anti-trust, corruption, sanctions and other areas of regulation to ensure a smooth transaction.

Other notable cases included: acting for a US company in a High Court claim arising from the disposal of a UK subsidiary; acting for court - appointed receivers in the recovery of billions in assets of a defendant in High Court proceedings; and advising corporate clients on anti-bribery and corruption issues and investigations.

While the role of risk used to reside with the in - house legal team or general counsel, who was the go - to person on anti-bribery or corruption questions, occupational health and safety, and other issues, rapidly that role is also moving right up the chain of command so in many companies it's the CEO, CFO, COO, and chief risk officer.

This is to prevent long re-synchronization times in the case of blockchain database corruption due to unexpected power failures or other issues.

So far, FinCEN has found that 30 percent of the buyers behind these transactions had previous reports os suspicious activity filed against them for issues such as unusual cash withdrawals, suspected corruption ties in foreign countries, and other claims.