Examining the relationships among e-government maturity,corruption, economic prosperity and environmental degradation: A cross-country analysis

There is growing interest in the role and contribution of e-government to the levels of corruption, economic prosperity and environmental degradation of nation states. In this paper, we use publicly available archival data to explore the relationships among them. Results substantiate a significant relationship between (1) e-government maturity and corruption; and (2) e-government maturity, economic prosperity and environmental degradation through the mediating effects of corruption. The findings suggest that while e-government maturity did not contribute to economic prosperity and environmental degradation, its value could be realized indirectly via its impacts on corruption. Our findings contribute to the theoretical discourse on e-government impact by identifying the role of e-government in a country and provide indications to practice on enhancing its economic prosperity and lowering its environmental degradation by managing the levels of e-government maturity and corruption.     

关于新形势下反腐败斗争的思考

反腐败斗争是一项长期的政治任务。在新形势下,腐败与反腐败的斗争将更加尖锐激烈。其手段趋于现代化;其表现方式呈现出法制化特点。斗争的领域和范围也将日益国际化,预防腐败比惩治腐败更为重要。     

对国有企业贯彻落实惩治和预防腐败体系的认识

国有企业贯彻执行党中央颁布的<建立健全教育、制度、监督并重的惩治和预防腐败体系实施纲要>,要准确把握惩治和预防腐败体系的科学性,在惩治和预防腐败工作中要切实增强有效性,构建企业惩治和预防腐败体系要严格把握原则性.     

加强廉洁宣传教育力度努力从源头上预防腐败

反腐倡廉宣传教育工作是党风廉政建设和反腐败工作的基础,在预防腐败,加大源头治理腐败中具有重要地位,发挥着不可替代的作用.预防腐败必须贯彻落实科学发展观、加强党的建设和廉政勤政建设.反腐倡廉建设必须从教育抓起,不断夯实领导干部廉洁从政思想道德基础,筑牢拒腐防变思想道德防线     

Electricity theft: a comparative analysis

Electricity theft can be in the form of fraud (meter tampering), stealing (illegal connections), billing irregularities, and unpaid bills. Estimates of the extent of electricity theft in a sample of 102 countries for 1980 and 2000 are undertaken. The evidence shows that theft is increasing in most regions of the world. The financial impacts of theft are reduced income from the sale of electricity and the necessity to charge more to consumers. Electricity theft is closely related to governance indicators, with higher levels of theft in countries without effective accountability, political instability, low government effectiveness and high levels of corruption. Electricity theft can be reduced by applying technical solutions such as tamper-proof meters, managerial methods such as inspection and monitoring, and in some cases restructuring power systems ownership and regulation.     

“腐败有益论”的辨析

20世纪60年代,国际学术界开始出现主张全面分析腐败在发展中国家的正、负功能并认为腐败具有某些有益影响的观点。国内学术界也有一些人主张重新认识和评价腐败的影响,并提出了腐败有益或腐败具有正效益的论点。“固公腐败有功”、“经济要上,廉政要让”、“关系是一种生产力”等思想在一些党政干部中也颇为流行。文章针对这些观点及危害性进行剖析。     

Do digital payment transactions reduce corruption? Evidence from developing countries

Extant studies have broadly attributed anti-corruption effects to digitization, although there is a paucity of studies on the role of digital payments in reducing corruption. With the increasing pervasiveness of digital payments and the widespread nature of corruption, particularly in developing countries, it is timely to explore the link between digital payments and corruption. Using a global panel dataset of digital payments and Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI), the study explores the relationship between digital payment transactions and corruption in 111 developing countries from 2010 to 2018. Our results, based on a fixed-effects analysis, show that digital transactions reduce corruption. Results remain robust to the use of instrumental variable analysis to alleviate endogeneity concerns. Our finding has implications for curtailing corruption in developing countries.     

根除腐败是中国共户党人的历史命题

腐败是政党、政权机体上的毒瘤,危害极大,必须彻底清除。党的三代领导在思想上都把腐败现象视为危害执政、关系到党和国家前途命运的重大问题,行动上常抓不懈,不断地与腐败分子和种种腐败现象进行看斗争．当前要根除腐败,必须真抓实干,按照党的十五大报告所指出：“坚持标本兼治,教育是基础,法制是保证,监督是关键．通过深化改革,不断铲除腐败现象滋生蔓延的土壤。”进行工作。     

加强油田会战单位纪检监察工作的几点思考

油田会战单位远离油田管理机关,工作相对独立,切实加强纪检监察工作的关键在于:一要深刻认识“三个代表”的重要思想对指导油田会战单位加强纪检监察工作的重要性;二要进一步加强油田反腐倡廉工作,不断增强党员、干部的廉洁意识和纪律观念;三要加强对领导班子的监督检查,认真落实“五项要求”和“七项制度”;四要突出对重点人口、单位和部门的监督检查,把党风廉政建设责任制的执行情况作为领导干部考核的重要依据;五要以成本效能监察为重点,查找“跑、冒、滴、漏”的根源,堵塞管理中的漏洞;六要不断加强自身建设,增强反腐倡廉的政治责任感和紧迫感。     

预防腐败风险管理机制现状分析及改进策略

预防腐败是一项长期的系统工程,我国政府在反腐倡廉工作上采取了一系列有效措施,有效遏制了腐败现象的滋生和蔓延,建立的预防腐败风险管理机制就是其中一项行之有效的措施,引入现代管理学中的风险管理概念,结合我国防腐措施的实际,在整治腐败工作中起到了巨大的作用。本文介绍了防腐败风险管理机制的建立,论述了我国腐败现象的特点和构建风险管理机制的重要性,重点陈述了我国预防腐败风险管理机制的现状,并就此提出了建议改进策略。