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How to Prevent Corruption Without Affecting Efficiency? An Overview of Safeguard Measures for Contracting Out Public Services

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

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Title How to Prevent Corruption Without Affecting Efficiency? An Overview of Safeguard Measures for Contracting Out Public Services
 
Creator HAMLIN, Roger E.; Professor of Public Administration and Urban Planning, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
COBÂRZAN, Bianca; Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
 
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Description The paper addresses the issue of finding the right balance between regulatory oversight, decision-making flexibility and reliance on market forces to safeguard the contracting-out process from corruption. The paper analyses the corrupt practices associated with contracting out local public services and the causes and consequences of this behavior. Taking into consideration new anticorruption strategies, we make recommendations for attaining equilibrium between flexible safeguard measures and accountable and transparent practices aimed at verifying whether regulations and standards are met. The strategy also emphasizes the training of public officials, to provide them with appropriate skills and professional capacity to identify and manage corruption risks. The last part of the paper recommends future research to identify best practices among different communities and states attempting to control corruption practices when contracting out public services.
 
Publisher Babes Bolyai University
 
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Date 2006-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/226
 
Source Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2006: Issue No. 16 E/February; 25-39
18422845
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/226/220
 
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