Coming soon: a practical tool to assess countries’ resilience to corruption
School plans a specialist unit to study commercial crime and related subjects, and to offer research and education in the field
16 April 2021 - 06:00
North West University (NWU) Business School plans to create an index to measure countries’ ability to fight corruption and commercial crime. Director Jan van Romburgh says the Potchefstroom-based school wants to launch it later this year.
He says: “The world is full of perceptions. This is about actual measurement. How free is your media? What is the capacity of your prosecuting agencies? What are your governance structures, and how effective are they? We are taking a practical approach to the issue.”..
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