Comments on: Oil, capture and corruption illustrated?: Alaska’s hotel Baranoff, suite 604… http://thekaufmannpost.net/oil-state-capture-and-corruption-in-alaska-hotel-baranoff-suite-604/ Transparency, corruption and governance matters, evidence-based Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kaufmann http://thekaufmannpost.net/oil-state-capture-and-corruption-in-alaska-hotel-baranoff-suite-604/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Kaufmann Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:11:46 +0000 http://thekaufmannpost.net/oil-state-capture-and-corruption-in-alaska-hotel-baranoff-suite-604/#comment-13 The constructive comment by Vinay is noted, and his ending query leads to the next posting, Myth # 2, related to <a href="http://thekaufmannpost.net/myth-3-good-governance-is-a-luxury-few-countries-can-afford/" rel="nofollow">the Economist’s article on the ‘Order in the Jungle’, all accessible here.</a> [Further, some days later, saw that the Bayesian Heresy had picked this <a href="http://bayesianheresy.blogspot.com/2008/03/when-corruption-becomes-institution.html" rel="nofollow">Alaska corruption story up, and gone further with it, link here]</a> The constructive comment by Vinay is noted, and his ending query leads to the next posting, Myth # 2, related to the Economist’s article on the ‘Order in the Jungle’, all accessible here.

[Further, some days later, saw that the Bayesian Heresy had picked this Alaska corruption story up, and gone further with it, link here]

]]> By: Vinay http://thekaufmannpost.net/oil-state-capture-and-corruption-in-alaska-hotel-baranoff-suite-604/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Vinay Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:06:44 +0000 http://thekaufmannpost.net/oil-state-capture-and-corruption-in-alaska-hotel-baranoff-suite-604/#comment-11 I just found out about this new blog by Kaufmann from a nice note in the <a href="http://blog-pfm.imf.org/pfmblog/2008/03/warm-welcome-to.html#more" rel="nofollow">IMF Public Financial Management or PFM blog</a>. Because he is a world expert and says it clearly, it is good that Kaufmann is joining the blog world on governance and corruption. This could also help the credibility of the World Bank, especially now when we see in the press allegations of corruption in countries like India and also in Kenya. Kaufmann is reminding us that there is corruption in rich countries, which is important for us in developing countries because rich countries need to set a better example and their multinationals need to behave cleanly. This video on corruption in Alaska is a good example of detection techniques that I wished could be put to use in our countries. And we should also learn from the financial tracking methods used to catch Eliot Spitzer who had to resign from being the Governor of New York. So, agreed, there may be corruption in the United States, but there the corrupt often gets caught and punished. Doesn't this mean that we shouldn't only look at corruption, but also pay much more attention to rule of law? I just found out about this new blog by Kaufmann from a nice note in the IMF Public Financial Management or PFM blog. Because he is a world expert and says it clearly, it is good that Kaufmann is joining the blog world on governance and corruption. This could also help the credibility of the World Bank, especially now when we see in the press allegations of corruption in countries like India and also in Kenya.

Kaufmann is reminding us that there is corruption in rich countries, which is important for us in developing countries because rich countries need to set a better example and their multinationals need to behave cleanly.
This video on corruption in Alaska is a good example of detection techniques that I wished could be put to use in our countries. And we should also learn from the financial tracking methods used to catch Eliot Spitzer who had to resign from being the Governor of New York. So, agreed, there may be corruption in the United States, but there the corrupt often gets caught and punished. Doesn’t this mean that we shouldn’t only look at corruption, but also pay much more attention to rule of law?

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