Singapore’s Anti-Corruption Strategy: Is this Form of Governance Transferable to Other Asian Countries?

Jon S. T. Quah

Chapter 10 in Corruption and Governance in Asia, 2003, pp 180-197 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Corruption refers to “the misuse of public power, office or authority for private benefit — through bribery, extortion, influence peddling, nepotism, fraud, speed money or embezzlement” (UNDP, 1999: 7). Defined thus, corruption is a serious problem afflicting many countries around the world with its own local manifestations (Jacoby et al., 1977: 6–7). In its cover story on “Corruption: The Asian Lubricant” in September 1974, the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) observed: “With pathetically few exceptions, the countries in this region are so riddled with corruption that the paying of ‘tea money’ has become almost a way of life.” In another cover story on “Corruption: Reform’s Dark Side” in the March 20th 1997 issue of the FEER, Aparisim Ghosh et al. (1997: 18) wrote: Looking back on the Year of the Rat [1996] some time in the future, historians may well marvel at how much Asian newsprint and television time was devoted to reports and discussions on corruption in government. From Pakistan to Japan, corruption was the year’s biggest story.

Keywords: Civil Servant; Corruption Perception Index; Political Corruption; Corrupt Behaviour; Transparency International (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230503540_10

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