Episode 25: The Indispensable Role of Leaders...

In the final episode of season 1, The Edge: Anti-Corruption explores the critical connection between corruption and human rights. The episode highlights how corruption undermines essential services, erodes justice, and violates human rights. It emphasizes the importance of instit ...  Show more

Episode 27 of "The Edge: Anti-Corruption" podcast highlights the vital role of youth in combating corruption. It emphasizes how young people's fresh perspectives and innovative ideas are essential in anti-corruption efforts. The episode stresses the importance of educating youth, ...  Show more

Corruption is as old as humanity, with cases documented as far back as the Egyptian dynasties. While the World Bank estimates that international bribery exceeds $1.5 trillion annually, the larger and more subtle effects of corruption on economies and populations is incalculable. ...  Show more

In this podcast episode, you'll learn vocabulary connected to corruption. We'll explain why the suffix 'gate' is used to label scandals and we'll look at some words you can use when you talk about this topic. 

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In development circles, governance is often a code word for corruption. But Daniel Kaufmann, president of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, says governance is much broader. In this podcast, Kaufmann talks about how good governance can actually triple a country's per capi ...  Show more

الفساد موجود في العالم كله، لكن تأثيره على البلدان النامية أكبر نسبياً. في هذا البث الصوتي، يشير أحد خبراء الاقتصاد إلى دور النظام السياسي في هذا الصدد، ويقول إن بعض الأنظمة الحكومية أقدر من غيرها على التصدي للفساد.