State capture is a combination of different forms of corruption which have a single objective: to secure wholesale and long-term privileges to captors by exploiting the power of governments...
The main purpose of the manual is to introduce how data analytics can encourage good governance practices by highlighting the weaknesses of public procurement systems and by supporting independent...
The MACPI methodology was initially developed by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) and University of Trento in 2014-2015 with the support of the European Commission’s Directorate-General...
The EU has the capacity to be the regional stabilising factor for anti-corruption reforms throughout the Western Balkans and a crucial player in the fight against the growing threat...
2019 SELDI Corruption Monitoring System (CMS) data showed that countries that could see the prize of accession to the EU on the horizon performed better in their fight against...
The anti-corruption progress achieved in the Western Balkans between the early 2000s and mid-2010s has now been reversed with most measures of administrative corruption indicating an increase. Self-reported involvement...
In 2021, corruption raised as the largest problem for the citizens in North Macedonia, unlike previous years when the top three issues were unemployment, poverty and low incomes. Political...
The growth of Chinese economic and political influence has locked a number of Central and East European countries into long-term, large-scale and costly infrastructure projects that have contributed to...
SELDI’s Regional Anti-corruption Report presents the civil society’s assessment of the regulatory and institutional factors enabling corruption in the Western Balkans region and emphasises some of the priority policy...
Although judicial reforms have been ongoing for more than a decade in the countries of the Western Balkans, no significant progress has been observed, in particular as it relates...
The hidden economy is a widespread phenomenon throughout the Western Balkans and manifests itself in various sectors, among which the agricultural, services, real estate and construction industries. Country-specific sectors...
The negative effects of the hidden economy are numerous – low funding and quality of public services, no healthcare and pension coverage, maternity or annual leave. Informal practices also...
