Singapore and Hong Kong are specific examples [in anti-corruption reform] and we have to be careful about extrapolating from them to other places. First, they are both very small. Second, they are both fairly affluent. Third, neither of them was democratic when they tackled corruption. These elements make Singapore and Hong Kong much different from Ukraine. If you have a well-meaning autocrat, it is easier to address societal problems, not just corruption. This sort of national reform is more challenging in a democracy, though it [also can be] more sustainable in a democracy. [In] Indonesia, the government decided to create [an] anti-corruption commission in 2003. Since then it [has] had tremendous success in investigating and prosecuting top-level corruption cases. But corruption cannot be tackled by one elite agency; it should be what the whole country does.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:16:54 +0000
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