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POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGNING EFFECTIVE ANTI CORRUPTION STRATEGIES IN PAKISTAN

36 Pages : 271-280

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).36      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).36      Published : Mar 2019

Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan

    This article focuses on analyzing essential ingredients to initiate and sustain a successful anticorruption strategy. The basic objective of this policy paper is to recommend a set of policies based on the lessons drawn from the success of anti-corruption strategies in other countries. Taking Pakistan as the test-bed, it relates to the design, initiation, and pursuit of anti-corruption activities. The article elaborates a six-step anti-corruption strategy suggesting that to eradicate corruption effectively, the country must initiate these preconditions. It should: (1) restore the public confidence by showing political will to fight corruption; (2) restructure its main anti-corruption agency; (3) establish an anti-corruption inter-agency coordinating board; (4) reform the police, (5) initiate programs and curriculum for anti-corruption awareness; (6) establish a watchdog from the civil society with an advisory role. The strategies suggested in this article are based on the successes of anti-corruption agencies in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Georgia.

    (1) Saranjam Muhammad Baig
    Assistant Professor,Department of Political Science,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat Oman.

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    CHICAGO : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. 2019. "Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I): 271-280 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).36
    HARVARD : BAIG, S. M. 2019. Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 271-280.
    MHRA : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. 2019. "Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 271-280
    MLA : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. "Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.I (2019): 271-280 Print.
    OXFORD : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad (2019), "Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I), 271-280
    TURABIAN : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. "Policy Considerations for Designing Effective Anti-Corruption Strategies in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. I (2019): 271-280. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).36