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Curbing corruption is now a major focus of institutional reform. In the context of endemic corruption, reforming institutions might contribute to short-term success, but this needs to be complemented by what one might call sustainable corruption control, making corruption an incidental problem over the long term. The first section aims to justify and define this goal and to suggest a set of useful indicators. The following contribution draws attention to three criteria for achieving and maintaining low levels of corruption, the stakeholders, the feasibility and credibility of the process and the international dimension of control.
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Fredrik Galtung is a founding staff member of Transparency International. This work was first presented as a paper at the ‘Workshop on Corruption and Development’ organised by the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex. The author benefited greatly from the numerous comments of the participants, in particular from Mark Robinson, Gordon White and Michael Johnston. The author also wishes to thank Peter Eigen and Jeremy Pope for their support and comments over the years. He remains entirely responsible for the contents.
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Galtung, F. Criteria for Sustainable Corruption Control. Eur J Dev Res 10, 105–128 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1080/09578819808426704
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