With the development of communication technologies, sport betting has become a truly global phenomenon. Far from the traditional small local betting operator, the current dynamic sees vast sums of money being bet by punters in one country to a betting operator located in a second for a match located in yet another jurisdiction. As a consequence, the development of deviances, from match-fixing t…
Promoting integrity in subnational government can be a challenge, but it is crucial. Indeed, it is often at this level where trust in government is forged, and where actions to promote integrity have the greatest impact. This report looks at efforts in Peru to introduce an integrity function at regional government level. It analyses how regions are implementing this function and proposes concre…
Public trust in the judiciary is essential to justice. This book's contemporary analysis of the role and independence of judges in fifteen countries in the Asia-Pacific exposes the undermining of judicial independence in countries beset by dramatic changes in governments, and the strides to judicial independence in more democratic regimes.
The information age has brought greater interconnection across the world and transformed the global marketplace. To remain competitive, business firms look for ways of improving their ability to gauge business and economic conditions worldwide. At the same time, advances in technology have revolutionized the way we process information and prepare business and economic forecasts. Secondary data …