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Corruption manual for beginners: "Corruption techniques" in public procurement with examples from Hungary
This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize
20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator
rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from public contracts by
corrupt networks as evidenced by academic literature, interviews and media content
analysis. Feasibility and usefulness of the proposed indicators are demonstrated using
micro-level public procurement data from Hungary in 2009-2012. While the prime value of
this broad set of indicators is the possibility of combining them into a robust composite
indicator of high-level corruption, the high degree of detail also reveals that many
regulatory interventions have succeeded in changing the form of corruption, but not its
overall incidence
The Role of Evidence in Establishing Trust in Repositories
This article arises from work by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Working Group examining mechanisms to roll out audit and certification services for digital repositories in the United Kingdom. Our attempt to develop a program for applying audit and certification processes and tools took as its starting point the RLG-NARA Audit Checklist for Certifying Digital Repositories. Our intention was to appraise critically the checklist and conceive a means of applying its mechanics within a diverse range of repository environments. We were struck by the realization that while a great deal of effort has been invested in determining the characteristics of a 'trusted digital repository', far less effort has concentrated on the ways in which the presence of the attributes can be demonstrated and their qualities measured. With this in mind we sought to explore the role of evidence within the certification process, and to identify examples of the types of evidence (e.g., documentary, observational, and testimonial) that might be desirable during the course of a repository audit.
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