October 28, 2014
Mihály Fazekas presented CRCB’s research at the launch event for the second ANTICORRP volume, The Anticorruption Frontline, at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
The presentation focused on the main findings of the chapter co-authored by CRCB researchers István Jánost Tóth and Mihály Fazekas. In addition, it also presented new research perspectives, including the author’s work using EU-wide public procurement data as well as the exciting new research grant they recently won, called DIGIWHIST: “The Digital Whistleblower. Fiscal Transparency, Risk Assessment and Impact of Good Governance Policies Assessed”. Susan Rose-Ackerman commented on the book chapter, placing the findings and methodology in a global perspective and underlining the need for further work until the CRCB approach becomes widely accepted.
The presentation also presented two contrasting stories of corruption risks in Hungary: On the one hand, the World Governance Indicators’ Control of Corruption composite suggests that corruption in Hungary has remained unchanged (governance improvement in 2010-2012 is not significant). On the other hand, CRCB’s Corruption Risk Index shows a stark increase in overall corruption risks throughout 2010-2012. See the graph below.
