Sentences with phrase «public sector corruption»

President Akufo - Addo nominated Martin Amidu to the Office of the Special Prosecutor earlier this month, with a charge to him to deal with public sector corruption.

Transparency ranks 180 countries and territories by perceived levels of public sector corruption where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

It is striking that, although public sector corruption is generally seen as a greater problem in the developing world, there are some significant exceptions - this year, Hong Kong, Barbados, Bahamas, Chile and Qatar are ranked higher than the US and France.

I prefer structural rather than emotional responses to the malaise - transparent and competitive privatisation to reduce the space for public sector corruption; deregulation to minimise official discretion and procurement transparency and freedom of information.

Transparency International's most recent Corruption Perception Index (measured in 2010) ranked Iraq as having 175th most public sector corruption, out of 178 countries.

Mr Amidu was on Thursday nominated as Ghana's first Special Prosecutor by President Nana Akufo - Addo, a new office created to fight public sector corruption.

Corruption attacks the foundation of democratic institutions by distorting electoral processes, perverting the rule of law, causing human rights abuses and creating bureaucratic quagmires leading to public sector corruption which in turn drives private sector corruption.

Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, has called for a dispassionate discussion on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017, to enable the creation of a truly independent office to deal with public sector corruption.

In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 published by Transparency International — an organization that tracks corrupt practices worldwide — both countries finished last in the annual list, which scores countries on their perceived levels of public sector corruption.

The report says Corruption is a serious problem in Ghana because, like two thirds of the rest of the 168 countries or territories ranked by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, Ghana scored below the 50 pass mark.

Before the vetting, Martin Amidu, whose role is to deal with public sector corruption, said he was confident he would win a national poll if the president had put him out to be voted on by Ghanaians whether to be accepted or rejected.