Asia Pacific Human Development Report: Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives, Accelerating Human Development in Asia and the Pacific - Softcover

Nations, United

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9211262259 ISBN 13: 9789211262254

Publisher: United Nations, 2008

Synopsis

Corruption is increasingly being challenged as unacceptable across Asia and the Pacific: widespread malfeasance corrodes health care, education and public utilities. Now is the time to seize the moment, to combine pressure from above, in government as well as the private sector, with the voice of people from below. Huge political and economic dividends can accrue from empowering countries to crush corruption. Eliminating this scourge will allow people across the region, especially the poor, to lead lives they value and to reach their fullest potential. The <em>Report</em> shows how everyone eventually loses with corruption – focusing on why it hurts the poor the most and what can be done. It also spotlights the successes so far, as well as proposes further solutions, and in so doing, aims to ensure that history does not become the region’s destiny.

About this edition

• Publisher: United Nations
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9211262259
• ISBN 13: 9789211262254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256