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Mushtaq Khan

@mushtaqkhan100

5 years

Digital identities and #digitalidcards are supposed to empower the poor, reduce corruption and open up market opportunities. Why do #authoritarian regimes love them? New @ACE_soas paper with Pallavi Roy explains why and policy implications

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Mushtaq Khan

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5 years

Anti-Corruption in developing countries is unlikely to work unless some groups with the power and capability to do things differently can see it is in their interest to do so. The first podcast in our @ACE_soas series explains why and the implications

Why are off the shelf approaches to anti-corruption failing? - ace

In a first podcast from the SOAS Anti-Corruption Evidence research consortium, Mushtaq Khan joins Jessica Sinclair Taylor to explain why standard, off-the-shelf approaches to anti-corruption in...

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Mushtaq Khan

@mushtaqkhan100

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For anyone with the time to see a problem from several angles. A 'brief' 3-hour discussion of the thinking and philosophy behind the anti-corruption work of @ACE_soas !! But cleverly tagged so you can dip into different parts 🙂 Thanks @robertwiblin @FCDOREDGCSD @RoyPallavi2

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#Corruption & politics are blocking effective responses to the #COVID19 crisis. New @ACE_soas briefing identifies scale of mobilization necessary to improve the lives-livelihood tradeoffs in dev country #lockdowns . @DFID_RED_GCSD @hamsiiidris @hamarquette

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@mushtaqkhan100

2 months

I really hope at some point Indians will stop trying to tell Bangladeshis what's good for them.

Samas

@samas777

2 months

@nomhossain @mushtaqkhan100 @JonFDanilowicz Good luck building institutions with BNP in power even in the interim set up.

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A short summary of the challenges facing #Bangladesh . We have started talking about policies in talk shows. @nomhossain @PeterEvans_Guv @ACE_soas

Our transitional political settlement and ways forward

New laws or even constitutions will not change the political settlement if the rules are not followed

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Mushtaq Khan

@mushtaqkhan100

5 years

My chapter (13) in Nayyar's new (free-access) book engages with Myrdal on culture and norms. My take: power and incentives were more important than social norms in transforming Asia, lessons that still matter for institutions and anti-corruption @ACE_soas

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5 years

Fraud in skills training programmes in countries like Bangladesh slows down job creation and productivity growth. Our new @ACE_soas paper identifies a feasible anti-corruption strategy that can significantly raise productivity in developing countries

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4 years

New @ACE_soas briefing paper describes the collusion in power pricing in Bangladesh and a feasible strategy to reduce prices by >60% by mitigating risks for unconnected investors @DFID_RED_GCSD @PeterEvans_Guv @charlesjkenny @BarnabyJDye @nomhossain

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4 years

Enjoyed talking to @danbanik about @ace_soas anti-corruption. Political settlement analysis sheds light on the puzzle of the differential effects of access money in China/East Asia compared to elsewhere @JonathanSaid1 @yuenyuenang , and gives us feasible AC policies @FCDOREDGCSD

Dan Banik

@danbanik

4 years

Listen to my @GlobalDevPod discussion with @mushtaqkhan100 on 👇 ☑️ the relevance of the political settlements approach ☑️ #corruption & economic growth ☑️ impact of anti-corruption efforts in #Bangladesh @SOAS @SOASEconomics @ACE_soas #globaldev

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4 years

The political settlement (the power and capabilities of different actors) determines the net effect of rent-seeking processes including corruption. Corruption always has a cost but it can be associated with outcomes ranging from developmental ones to civil war

Orwelliano

@Orwelliano6

4 years

@JonathanSaid1 Agreed! Some types of corruption can even be developmental but it also depends on the dominant political settlement. Corruption around education grants was developmental in the unified South Korean dictatorship but detrimental in the fragmented Pakistani regime ( @mushtaqkhan100 )

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5 years

Latest TI report @anticorruption shows slow or no progress in the worst affected countries. We argue @ACE_soas that we need a radical rethink of approaches to make anti-corruption feasible in these difficult contexts. See @UNDPNigeria @DFID_RED_GCSD

Why Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Fight Seems Not To Be Working - Mushtaq...

Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London Musthaq Khan reviews Nigeria’s anti-corruption war and what ...

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Mushtaq Khan

@mushtaqkhan100

6 years

My debate with Tim Kelsall on the essential elements of a political settlement may help to clarify many interesting questions. And open up new avenues of research!

African Affairs

@AfrAfJournal

6 years

Now online: virtual special issue on 'Political settlements research in Africa' intro by @mushtaqkhan100 , response by @TimKelsall1 , reply by Khan. How political and how settled are #politicalsettlements ?

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3 years

We argue forced #formalization may not raise the #capabilities and #productivity of many informal firms and may instead close them down. The sustainable path to inclusion is to help #informal firms raise their capabilities and formalization should follow @SOASEconomics @soas_cisd

Pallavi Roy

@RoyPallavi2

3 years

Does #digitizing #taxation in DCs help inclusion? Our new article with @mushtaqkhan100 warns of premature #formalization : higher costs and closures for less productive firms. While productive firms who can store/use data become powerful @logic @DevandChg

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4 years

New @ACE_soas paper shows how withdrawal of policies mitigating risk drove collusion and corruption in power sector in Bangladesh costing > $1 billion in subsidies . Very unaffordable after #COVID__19 shock but there are feasible solutions @DFID_RED_GCSD

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

Local communities reduce corruption in climate change projects in Bangladesh when groups with the ability to control corroption also have the incentive to do so. An application of the @ACE_soas approach with significant policy implications @FCDOREDGCSD

Win-win: designing dual-use in climate projects for effective anti-corruption in Bangladesh

Climate adaptation projects in Bangladesh have been widely affected by high levels of corruption and resource leakage. However, the dual-use characteristics of climate adaptation investments create...

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

"Working with the grain" may imply working with the powerful who are often the problem. Working "against" may be a non-starter @PeterEvans_Guv . Our @ACE_soas "strategic realism" aims to identify opportunities that have enough support to have a chance:

Brian Levy

@Brianlevy387

3 years

@PeterEvans_Guv @SAISHopkins @mushtaqkhan100 @nomhossain The thread was catalyzed by the nice new piece by Akhtar Mahmood. Also because I'm increasingly wrestling with the limitations of unambiguously optimistic 'with the grain' narratives. "Working Against the Grain" as a sequel, perhaps 😎

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Great news! New governor of Bangladesh Bank and Finance Minister promise to use international laws and institutions to trace stolen money and make life miserable for the looters. Feasible strategy in the new Bangladesh. We must all help @ACE_soas

Money launderers will get no peace

Newly appointed Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday announced that he would initiate tough measures against money launderers with international support so that “they are unable to live

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

Climate change investments suffer from massive corruption (~35% of funds). Our @ACE_soas paper on Bangladesh shows C is lower in projects with significant dual-use benefits like roads (on river embankments) or community centres (in cyclone shelters) 1/2

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4 years

New @ACE_soas brief on effective Collective Action draws on our DSA2020 workshop. Strategic Realism (our Collective Action strategy for feasible anti-corruption) is contrasted with Olson's Calculus and Hirshchman's Possibilism as a better way forward

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@mushtaqkhan100

2 years

@ACE_soas research shows that our Power-Capabilities-Interests framework can identify feasible and high impact anti-corruption strategies: See our new paper @FCDOREDGCSD @FCDOResearch @RoyPallavi2 . We also have a short summary ;)

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3 years

Great piece by @AkhtarM1956 : Bangladesh's weak state still made important contributions to its development by being incremental and adaptive and being willing to (slowly!) correct mistakes. Speeding this up is the next great challenge

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4 years

#Corruption is constraining #COVID19 responses and quick effective responses are required to save lives. In our FP2P blog @ACE_soas we argue a feasible response is to build in 'redundancy', mobilize multiple actors and scale up what works: @DFID_RED_GCSD

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@mushtaqkhan100

5 years

As some of the poorest countries go into covid lockdowns, what are the effects on the poor? Relevant issues of 'flattening curves', health capacity and governance quality raised by @hamarquette in @DFID_RED_GCSD @ACE_soas

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@mushtaqkhan100

2 years

Can lowering financing costs for public procurements pay for itself? Yes many times over! If it reduces risks sufficiently to attract new investors and break down collusion. Our @ACE_soas paper on the BD power sector is now published @FCDOREDGCSD

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1 year

Really convincing arguments. The historical inheritance of organizational capabilities in different sectors and regions and how they developed further in response to opportunities and policies is the key to understanding the development of the economy. A must-read book!

Tirthankar Roy

@RoyHistory1

1 year

A tendency to read the past using the lens of colonial dominance impairs the study of India’s economic history. It underplays other factors that mattered to economic change, geography, culture, or the precolonial. Here is an example from business history.

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3 years

Education is a key sector where the @ACE_soas approach is generating results. We plan to scale up our education research @FCDOREDGCSD

Pallavi Roy

@RoyPallavi2

3 years

@ACE_soas @FSS_UNN researched “Miracle Exam Centres” that help students get desired results via corrupt practices. Solutions? Horizontal pressures by student clubs & actors like #Nigerian Youth Service Corps in contexts where incentive and power to change are present #education

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@mushtaqkhan100

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Thanks @nomhossain for posting this! I did not know Prothom Alo had translated the original Bangla interview into English!

Naomi Hossain

@nomhossain

2 months

Read someone who actually knows what they are talking about. @mushtaqkhan100 explaining why Bangladesh will need to rebuild its institutions and its public organizations if democracy is to be restored. @SOASpress @SOASEconomics @SOASDevelopment @ACE_soas

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

It's also useful to think of a political settlement as a distribution of power at different levels of society. This helps to design policy that can be implemented to achieve social goals

Jafar Kheirkhahan جعفر

@kheir_jafar

3 years

@JinSakaiiiii @mushtaqkhan100 @ACE_soas A political settlement is a tacit agreement among powerful groups about the rules of the political and economic game, that keeps the peace by providing opportunities for those groups to secure a distribution of benefits (such as resources, rights, and status)they find acceptable.

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4 years

Great map and a timely call for a dialogue! We @ACE_soas think that 'indirect' and 'localised' approaches to anti-corruption are the way forward. Combined with enforcement and international support. But 'state modernisation' or 'big bangs' don't seem to work. @FCDOREDGCSD

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

@U4_ACRC

4 years

New U4 blog 📝 How change happens in #AntiCorruption : a map of policy perspectives 👉

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1 year

We use political settlements analysis in this paper in a new way: to identify possible future scenarios and implications; and what Nepali citizens + development partners can do to support progressive outcomes. @Tweet2PEI @FCDOREDGCSD @FCDOResearch @RoyPallavi2 @SOASEconomics

Policy Entrepreneurs Inc

@Tweet2PEI

1 year

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!! 📕📕📕 @Tweet2PEI and @SOAS report on Nepal’s sub-national political settlements in Madhesh Pradesh. @Anurag_Acharya @JnkKarna @SaumitraNeupane @mushtaqkhan100 @RoyPallavi2 #SagarPrasai #Nepal #SouthAsia . . . Click here to read:

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5 years

@Integrilicious @results4dev @HarvardAsh Great to see different research methodologies joining up. Our anti-corruption work @ACE_soas supported by @DFID_RED_GCSD begins with the assumption that anti-corruption is feasible and has impact only when the interests of some powerful actors can be aligned with the outcome

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2 years

Congratulations to YPF on your 5th birthday. It is a sad day for me as the great Zafrullah Chowdhury has left us in mourning. But the ray of light is that the next generation is ready to pick up the baton to keep making big differences to Bangladesh

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

Thanks @PeterEvans_Guv @charlesjkenny @BarnabyJDye we need to bring together @ACE_soas power sector work in Bangladesh and Nigeria with the interesting work on Rwanda and elsewhere to look for general findings behind country differences and feasible policy options in each country

Not_that_PeterEvans

@PeterEvans_Guv

4 years

Interesting piece on the over capacity and over supply of electricity in Rwanda - ? can I feel a bigger conversation about the politics of power investment coming on, following recent pieces by @charlesjkenny and @mushtaqkhan100 see below

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3 years

Research @ACE_soas suggests ways that can effectively reduce corruption around #ClimateAction projects and use #climatefinance design to reduce collusion in procurements

What opportunities are there for reducing corruption in climate finance and the energy transition?...

As the dust settles following COP26 in Glasgow and the world reflects on what was, and was not achieved, it is clear that climate finance is going to be a critical factor in whether countries around...

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

National companies are not always better than global MNCs like Twitter if they are easier to control. Authoritarian governments should not be allowed to exploit progressive critiques of MNCs like Twitter @JibrinIbrahim17 @CDDWestAfrica @FCDOREDGCSD #TwitterBan

Pallavi Roy

@RoyPallavi2

3 years

Some think India's domestic Twitter, Koo, which toes the government line, is a model for Nigeria. Koo wants to enter Nigeria but the Nigerian government wants its own Koo. The irony? Industrial Policy is now about restricting freedom of expression.

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

Great that our work @ACE_soas is identified as one of the important threads pulling on anti-corruption! @FCDOREDGCSD @PeterEvans_Guv

ECDPM 🔎 🌍

@ECDPM

4 years

Progress with international anti-corruption efforts has stalled lately ⛔️ In their latest study, @MartinRonceray & Katja Sergejeff offer recommendations on how to inject new dynamism to these efforts🤝 The key? Pulling together many different threads🪢 👉

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

Looking forward to our DSA roundtable session on Thursday at 9am: how best to think about possibilities of collective action for reform in a constrained reality drawing on our experiences of working on #anticorruption in @ACE_soas @DFID_RED_GCSD

Amirah El-Haddad

@amirahelhaddad

4 years

It is a pleasure to join @mushtaqkhan100 on a collective action panel in the annual DSA Conference @Devcomms #DSA2020 #CORRUPTION #SocialContract #DIE_GDI join us on Thurs 18.06 @ 9am UK time.

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

Thanks @CIPE_ACGC for compiling this excellent list of #anti -corruption podcasts and for featuring the work of ACE prominently @ACE_soas @FCDOREDGCSD We are in great company here!

Don’t Miss these 10 Anti-Corruption Podcasts - Anti-Corruption & Governance Center

The number of podcasts touching on anti-corruption themes has grown exponentially in recent years, as experts, practitioners, activists, and academics

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

One consequence of the pandemic is that I am in my little library reading hardcover books! Not really any compensation but I had almost forgotten how nice it is to hold books made of paper and board and sometime bound in leather.

Emma Wind

@emmalwind

4 years

The Anti-Corruption Evidence Research programme team photo! Good variety of working from home backgrounds, slightly envious of @mushtaqkhan100 beauty and the beast-esque library staircase.

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@mushtaqkhan100

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Thanks @AbirHasanYPF @ypfbd Really impressive questions and engagement from YPF forum members. After the great discussion on informality, the next one should be on feasible and effective anti-corruption @ACE_soas !

Md Abir Hasan

@AbirHasanYPF

3 years

A legend taking class for his countrymen! Glad we could arrange this! Thanks @mushtaqkhan100 @ypfbd

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3 years

@ACE_soas research on how to effectively fight corruption in climate change projects highlighted. And why it is important to talk about addressing corruption in climate change projects to sustain public support for massive investments @FCDOResearch

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

Yet more evidence that checking by peers with whom you have to live and work is always more effective than 'vertical' checking by third parties in the informal contexts of developing countries @FCDOREDGCSD @ACE_soas

Prince Agwu

@AgwuP

3 years

It is amazing that in this @ACE_soas study of ours, external supervisors who should ordinarily elicit good behaviours from health workers were somewhat disregarded! Rather, supervisors from within communities were eliciting better behaviours! Curious??

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@mushtaqkhan100

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Thanks @acuna_jairo for organizing excellent discussion for UNDP in Latin America. @ACE_soas very pleased to extend our work to other regions! @FCDOREDGCSD

Jairo Acuña-Alfaro

@acuna_jairo

3 years

Always a pleasure to discuss #anticorruption with @mushtaqkhan100 Great insights from @ACE_soas @SOASEconomics The Anti-Corruption Evidence Research Consortium Looking forwards to bring this research & approach to our region @PNUDLAC

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

Great new @ace_soas research on artisanal refining in Nigeria shows how corruption ‘buys in’ the poor and makes enforcement fail. Creating alternative opportunities and incentives + mitigating harsh effects is both pro-poor and effective @RoyPallavi2 @SDNNigerDelta @FCDOREDGCSD 👇

Pallavi Roy

@RoyPallavi2

4 years

Why does ‘dirty’ artisanal oil refining in #Nigeria escape law enforcement? There’s no incentive to follow rules when everyone benefits from breaking it. Watch for more. @ace_soas @SDNNigerDelta @FCDOREDGCSD @mushtaqkhan100 #oiltheft #anticorruption

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@mushtaqkhan100

2 years

Observation changes outcomes but how do we use that to do good? You've defined a new and exciting research agenda Dan! @rambletastic

Dan Honig (DanHonig.bsky)

@rambletastic

2 years

Was an honor to join and learn from @EES_Eval #EES2022 . My keynote on "The Power and Peril of the Evaluator's Gaze" here if of any interest; thoughts/reactions very welcome!

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4 years

On International Anti-Corruption Day the OECD is sharing interesting ideas from Knowledge Partners: @ACE_soas is honoured to be part of that and our contribution (with Pallavi Roy) can be viewed on @FCDOREDGCSD

2020 Knowledge Partner talks: Feasible anti-corruption strategies - A...

ACE Research Consortium-SOAS University of London: Feasible anti-corruption strategies - A new approachThe SOAS-ACE research framework advocates an alternati...

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@mushtaqkhan100

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@hamarquette @MartinRonceray @U4_ACRC @yuenyuenang @BruceByiers @pmheywood @ECDPM @ACE_soas @CurbingCorruptn Typologies are useful to think about #corruption from different angles. But @ACE_soas research also shows that specific sectoral problems usually involve overlapping types and innovative analysis is required to identify feasible high-impact anti-corruption policy @DFID_RED_GCSD

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@mushtaqkhan100

3 years

Thanks @AntonielliM and @CelestinMonga ! The @80000Hours podcast page has a section called Key Points which is the equivalent of a powerpoint summary but not quite! That's followed by the full transcript of the podcast. Hope that helps Marco.

Mushtaq Khan on using institutional economics to predict effective government reforms

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Marco A

@AntonielliM

3 years

Listened to this wonderful podcast w @mushtaqkhan100 while building furniture over the weekend. So much we could draw from this in dev policy. But hard to take notes and build furniture at the same time. Does a ppt summary exist? @80000Hours @robertwiblin

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

@traffyaston @ACE_soas Deliberately so! Revolutions occasionally happen but the really radical changes often happen incrementally. A lot of anti-corruption efforts have failed in developing countries because the radical solutions were actually unimplementable.

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

The rapid extension of digital surveillance is hugely concerning in countries where the rule of law is weak. The pandemic makes it easy for governments to move ahead with limited oversight. We need to assess what has happened once the crisis is over.

Alina Rocha Menocal

@arochamenocal

4 years

cc @mushtaqkhan100 Pallavi Roy @ACE_soas

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@mushtaqkhan100

2 years

Really exciting initiative. Thanks @ypfbd !

Md Abir Hasan

@AbirHasanYPF

2 years

Yesterday @ypfbd launched CUBE (Coalition for Upgrading Bangladesh Economy), bringing together private sector, academics, civil servants, politicians, & others. @AkhtarM1956 @gamblingondev @AdeelMalikOx @mushtaqkhan100 @RazzaqNahim @ctgchatter @mushfiq_econ @RaisaTSara @saberhc

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@ACE_soas we believe anti-corruption only works in developing countries if we can identify a solution *and* who will enforce this in their own interest. The climate change findings @Global_Policy show once again there are many such opportunities @FCDOREDGCSD

Global Policy

@Global_Policy

4 years

Win-win: Designing Climate Change Projects for Effective Anti-Corruption in Bangladesh @mushtaqkhan100 #climatechange #aid

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This is worrying because it seems the UN does not understand that data can worsen already adverse distributions of power. See @ACE_soas paper with @RoyPallavi2 @FCDOREDGCSD @AFJellema #rohingya

Digital identities: a political settlements analysis of asymmetric power and information - ace

Digital identity systems are being enthusiastically adopted in Africa and Asia as a response to corruption, inefficient service delivery, high costs of doing business, and security threats. The...

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@mushtaqkhan100

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Immediate dual-use benefits draw in individuals with voice/authority in monitoring activities and effectively checks corruption by others. Policy implication: Maximize feasible dual use benefits in climate projects to improve development AND governance outcomes @FCDOREDGCSD 2/2

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@mushtaqkhan100

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@PeterEvans_Guv Truth telling about power, interests and feasible reform priorities is now a virtue in Bangladesh. @ACE_soas research even more relevant and we can be more ambitious because many powerful extractive organisations have been hit hard.

Not_that_PeterEvans

@PeterEvans_Guv

2 months

@mushtaqkhan100 @nomhossain A phenomenal challenge/ opportunity, is this the moment to say out loud the dominant & controlling elite interests* in each major sector...? You mention a few here; others are clear in @ACE_soas research. I hope truth telling been sufficiently de-risked. *both legal & illegal.

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@mushtaqkhan100

4 years

Anti-corruption has hope and can pay large dividends if it becomes embedded in policy design to help deliver results exactly in the way suggested by @ACE_soas and others!

Brian Levy

@Brianlevy387

4 years

Hope! Could anti-corruption work become more constructive, norm-strengthening & coalition-building? The @wbg_gov 's sobriety+ @Fromagehomme 's cautions +the work by @ACE_soas , @mushtaqkhan100 + @GlobalIntegrity #GI_ACE @hamarquette & @alanhudson1 + @fp2p point to a +ve new chapter

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রাজনৈতিক সংস্কার ও বাস্তবতা | ২৪ ঘণ্টা | 24 Ghonta | 18 August 2024 | Ja... via @YouTube For anyone who understands Bangla I was privileged to discuss reform priorities with one of the six central student leaders, Hasib al Islam of Dhaka University.

রাজনৈতিক সংস্কার ও বাস্তবতা | ২৪ ঘণ্টা | 24 Ghonta | 18 August 2024 |...

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Mushtaq Khan

@mushtaqkhan100

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Global Government Forum reports the ACE programme #anticorruption #corruption #governance #ACE

Tackling the foundations of corruption - Global Government Forum

For years, anti-corruption activists have concentrated on improving enforcement and transparency. But critics of this approach argue that more systemic change is required: Gavin O’Toole learns why...

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Mushtaq Khan

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Fully support @antonioguterres @un on adaptation for #ClimateAction in LDCs but projects also need feasible strategies to control corruption. Our @ace_soas work on climate adaptation projects in Bangladesh shows this can be done @FCDOREDGCSD @tibangladesh

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

3 years

Least Developed Countries are on the front line of the fight against the climate emergency. I reiterate my call to urgently allocate 50% of total climate finance to adaptation and resilience, which are crucial and must not be the forgotten components of #ClimateAction .

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Thank you Mike!

Mike Denly

@mikedenly

3 years

Mushtaq Khan's ( @mushtaqkhan100 ) @80000Hours podcast is a master class on corruption and development.

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Thanks Peter for all your support of our research! @DFID_RED_GCSD

Not_that_PeterEvans

@PeterEvans_Guv

4 years

I succumbed.... Day 3/7 of #mylifeinpictures . Rules: No words, no people. Nominate someone new each day. I nominate @mushtaqkhan100 & @ACE_soas

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I read @Brianlevy387 's disquiet with WWTG as saying we shouldn't always support the powerful to achieve development because it may not be sustainable. Figuring out how to exploit rifts within the powerful for sustaining development is more challenging but not impossible @ACE_soas

Florencia Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social

@guerzovich

3 years

@traffyaston @mushtaqkhan100 @PeterEvans_Guv @ACE_soas Agree. I have read with the grain as linked to feasibility informed by politics.Often go gradual due to grasp of limited relative power, longer time horizon, complexity, etc Also, against the grain lit can also be told in anambiguous normative narratives, often is @Brianlevy387

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@sa_lister @ACE_soas @UNDPGAIN Very happy to talk and continue the @ACE_soas conversation about feasible, effective and evidence-based approaches to anti-corruption @sa_lister @UNDPGAIN @FCDOREDGCSD

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Thanks @asad_sayeed This is a short video summary of the approach of @ACE_soas Scroll down to look for SOAS-ACE!

Anti-corruption and integrity

Fighting corruption and promoting integrity in both the private and public sectors are critical to fostering an environment of trust and accountability, and conducive to sustainable and inclusive...

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Asad Sayeed

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4 years

Why anti-corruption strategies from the top generally fail in developing countries? Hear what @ACE_soas researchers @mushtaqkhan100 and Pallavi Roy have to say.

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Thanks FCDO! @ACE_soas is indeed looking for an outstanding programme manager for our great team. Well done Sonia for getting such a wonderful new job and it's a validation of the great work you have been doing and helping us to do!

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@FCDOREDGCSD

4 years

This is a great role. We'll miss 'SS', the current PM who gets the best out of @mushtaqkhan100 & a dazzling research team - so if you want to help drive world leading anti corruption research and impact - step up! 《A.C.E》!!

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First they came for the #Rohingyas ... then they came for... then they came for... and then they came for me. Creating viable checks and balances on the army is clearly in the interests of all people in (and from) Myanmar and something we must all support.

Dominic Raab

@DominicRaab

4 years

We condemn the detention and charges against Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected officials. They must be released immediately and have charges removed. There must be no backsliding from democracy. The UK is consulting with international partners on next steps

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Great follow-up film on the Niger Delta artisanal oil industry from the @ACE_soas @SDNNigerDelta @RoyPallavi2 team

Pallavi Roy

@RoyPallavi2

3 years

The artisanal refinery in the Niger Delta can be a black box. This film shows it isn't-production is organized, technology is upgraded, there is even learning-by-doing. But it's illegal and polluting. Research by @ACE_soas and @SDNNigerDelta identifies possible solutions #Nigeria

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@PeterEvans_Guv @A4EA_Research @SOAS @fp2p @nomhossain Fuel subsidies drive corruption in Nigeria and mainly benefit middle class. But >90m Nigerians live on less than 1$/day and any increases in transportation costs + food prices if/when fuel prices rise will make extreme poverty worse. GoN must have effective offsetting measures

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Great to reconnect with Christopher!

Alan Hudson

@alanhudson1

3 years

"If we try to achieve policy change without engaging with power, we are putting our faith in powerful people, + all the blind spots that stem from their privilege, to solve the problems of underprivilege." Wise words from @chrischoongww cc @mushtaqkhan100

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@HazelSophiaGray Well deserved and hope many more people will now read this great book!

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@MugiziG Powerful actors are not 'elites', we don't use that term. They are simply actors who can potentially take on other actors who are corrupt in a particular actiivity. If an AC strategy cannot explain who is able and interested to actually implement it, its a non-starter: @ACE_soas

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Exactly @apkessler : @ACE_soas says effective anti-C requires a) support of the locally powerful but ALSO that b) they want to follow these rules to support development in their own interest. That's why we are not always impressed by powerful PMs using AC to lock up the opposition

Adam Kessler

@apkessler

3 years

Great podcast from @robertwiblin @80000Hours @mushtaqkhan100 on institutional economics. Argues clearly and convincingly that anti-corruption initiatives will fail unless they align with the self-interests of some locally powerful groups.

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@N_Kabeer Great points and yet another validation of Deaton and Cartwright's critique that randomisation is a very poor way of adjusting for differences in all relevant characteristics between treatment and control groups.

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Mushtaq Khan

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Thanks Maxime!

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Mushtaq Khan

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@rambletastic I'm serious! I would love to explore research ideas with you on how transparency and accountability systems may actually be useful in improving bureaucratic outcomes. I can see the connections between what you are saying and we are working on in ACE but it's a new research field

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@isiAfrica @DFID_RED_GCSD Why is anyone pushing Digital IDs to protect rights and access to services? Because of violations due to corruption or power. That is exactly what we @ACE_soas are saying: Sometimes digital IDs do help BUT they can also worsen asymmetries of power. The evidence is in our paper

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3 years

Please note revised time for this interesting event! @FCDOREDGCSD @RoyPallavi2

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3 years

Updated time - "Off-grid solutions to #corruption in #Nigeria 's #electricity sector" webinar will now be at 7 September 4-6pm WAT to discuss findings of research jointly conducted by @CDDWestAfrica & @ACE_soas

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@RudabehS you may find our work on anti corruption relevant and check out my publications on @ConradkBarwa @Budweisserrr

Professor Mushtaq Khan

Institutional economics, Rent-seeking economics, Corruption and clientelism, Industrial policy and state intervention in developing countries. South and South-East Asian economic development, Indian...

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Rudabeh Shahid

@RudabehS

2 years

Any researcher working on #corruption in #SouthAsia ? #AcademicTwitter

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Thanks @asad_sayeed ! Given the huge effort @ImranKhanPTI is putting into anti-corruption in Pakistan, mostly in transparency, accountability and enforcement, that we agree are not sufficient, can we get GoP to try out some @ACE_soas approaches outlined in ?

Asad Sayeed

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This is the most exhaustive narration on why top down anti-corruption fails in developing countries. Horizontal checks by those with equal power is how corruption has been checked historically. Repeating what has not worked in the past, will not miraculously work in the future.

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@CarterPaddy @ACE_soas @DFID_RED_GCSD @PeterEvans_Guv @charlesjkenny @BarnabyJDye @nomhossain All that is required is that any subsidy is potentially available to others (so export credits don't work). Even if IFIs negotiate with one supplier the potential competition appears to work in BD to constrain prices. See main paper and the appendix

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Great piece from @Leventov on political settlements: What #institutions #politicaleconomy #politicalsettlements #industrialpolicy can teach and learn from #morphogenesis #cognitivescience .

Institutional economics through the lens of scale-free regulative development, morphogenesis, and...

In this article, I highlight some of the ideas from Musthtaq Khan’s interview for 80000hours podcast about institutional economics, political economy, his “political settlement” framework, and the...

engineeringideas.substack.com

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@BarnabyJDye @ACE_soas @DFID_RED_GCSD @PeterEvans_Guv @charlesjkenny @nomhossain That's true but in our analysis direct subsidies don't come from utilities. We suggest how the minimum effective subsidy can be discovered. And since savings are potentially far greater they should be viewed as public co-investments rather than subsidies

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@RoyPallavi2 absolutely right. Seen from BD this was a mass uprising led by students against a coalition of murderous kleptocrats and crony capitalists. Those who are selling other narratives were beneficiaries of this authoritarianism, but no one here is listening

Pallavi Roy

@RoyPallavi2

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The unseating of Sheikh Hasina was not the result of this conspiracy, or that machination. That is why it is so difficult for so many in the mainstream Indian media to understand the movement was student-led, from campuses, organic, completely sovereign.1/3 #BangladeshProtests

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@AntoAndreoni @MazzucatoM @rainerkattel @IIPP_UCL Congratulations Antonio! We'll miss you but we know you'll be doing great things round the corner!

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Does raise a health and safety question about the higher shelves!

Not_that_PeterEvans

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@hamarquette @katecollie 😟I can't see a @mushtaqkhan100 ladder??

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@A_L_Pickering @RollingAlpha @rglenner @TimHarford We can't get rid of all corruption at early stages of development because the powerful don't support a rule of law. But some corruption can block development and some of these can be feasibly addressed. This is our anti-corruption approach @ACE_soas . See

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@LucyH_FCDO our @ACE_soas work on Nigeria shows how informal networks matter and how to use/get around them. See work on artisanal refining, power for SMEs, and watch our website for upcoming papers on health absenteeism and exam malpractices @RoyPallavi2

Lucy Hayes

@LucyH_FCDO

3 years

Really interesting research on importance of interests and informal networks in anti-corruption. Thinking how we can apply this learning in Nigeria.

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@Leventov 's exciting piece looks at the commonalities between my political settlements framework and emerging biological and cognitive theories. I was fascinated and hope others will be too. It's a great read & points to new areas of thinking and research

Institutional economics through the lens of scale-free regulative development, morphogenesis, and...

In this article, I highlight some of the ideas from Musthtaq Khan’s interview for 80000hours podcast about institutional economics, political economy, his “political settlement” framework, and the...

engineeringideas.substack.com

Roman Leventov

@leventov

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Connecting @mushtaqkhan100 's institutional economics and political settlement framework with @drmichaellevin 's and Chris Fields' regulative development and scale-free morphogenesis and cognitive science theories.

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Small risk mitigation subsidies had a huge impact on prices (>62%) by increasing competition in bids. When these were withdrawn, unconnected private investors withdrew, allowing collusive pricing and corruption to shoot up. The feasible #anticorruption strategy is obvious!!

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@AxelPax @GlobalDevPod @danbanik @ACE_soas @JonathanSaid1 @yuenyuenang @FCDOREDGCSD Thanks Axel! Glad to see you virtually!

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@edking_I @RHarrabin @SimonMaxwell001 @FCDOREDGCSD Coal became too expensive for BD even with gov financing from CN, JP and IN because price-setting was collusive. @ACE_soas paper shows risk mitigation is financially feasible, promotes competition and enables greener power

Not_that_PeterEvans

@PeterEvans_Guv

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@RHarrabin @SimonMaxwell001 How about a cleaner 《and 》corruption reducing power investment strategy ... ?cc @ACE_soas @mushtaqkhan100

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@philvernon2 @traffyaston @DFID_RED_GCSD Political settlements have sometimes been defined and used in ways that are not very useful. Defined as the distribution of power it is an effective tool for analysing the enforceability of institutions that we successfully use to identify feasible anti-corruption in @ACE_soas

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@BrendanWhitty @alanhudson1 @Integrilicious @niawag2011 Corruption can have many different causes and effects: we need to prioritize and find feasible entry points. See

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@no_capes @ACE_soas @RoyPallavi2 @DinaBalabanova @AgwuP @anirchowdhury @PeterEvans_Guv @U4_ACRC @FCDOREDGCSD @PalladiumImpact @SOAS @LSHTM We will record the event and the link should be up on our website in a few days

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@michaelsonnensc The 80,000 podcast has a list of publications at the end, but you can also visit the SOAS-ACE website for a lot of material on anti-corruption including our theoretical approach and most of my publications are available on Thanks!

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Mushtaq Khan

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@nicolaslippolis @nicolaslippolis Please send us a pdf. Sounds interesting!

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