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IT is a milestone of achievement when a country hits high-income status. That threshold has been a target ever since Vision 2020 was launched and the expectation is that if the economy were to grow above 4% per annum, then Malaysia should attain that status by 2026.

PETALING JAYA: As the Auditor-General’s report continues to highlight the hundreds of millions of ringgit lost to leakages, irregularities and wastage of public funds each year, a corruption crusader says the action taken to address the issues raised in the yearly audit must be part of each minister’s Key Performance Index (KPI).

PN leader Bernard Grech said that TVM current affairs programme Insights, aired despite its representative Joe Giglio being unable to attend

An Egyptian member of parliament has requested a briefing request to the prime minister and minister of planning to discuss the decline of the countrys global ranking in the Corruption Perceptions In...

In addition, average data consumption per user has risen sharply since 2018, reaching 19.5 gigabyte (GB) per user per month in 2022 - this is equivalent to 6,600 songs. At an aggregate level, the total mobile data consumed in India is expected to more than double by 2024. Internet Data Usage in India: An Indian Used 19.5 GB Mobile Data Per Month in 2022, Says Report.

Academicians and representatives from government agencies have urged the next government to be more transparent.

Transparency International is calling on the Fiji government to reconsider its plans for the national anti-corruption agency, the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC).

Last month Transparency International released the latest version of its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the most widely adopted measure of public sector corruption currently available. But as many have pointed out before, the CPI only attempts to measure corruption that originates at home, not whether a country’s policies enable corruption around the globe. This is why countries like the UK and the US still score relatively well on the CPI, despite continuing to play host to illicit cash ...

During horrific natural disasters such as the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, you can witness the best that mankind is capable of — the noble behavior that often emerges during

PHUKET: Has anyone noticed how willing the central government has suddenly become in publicly announcing action taken against corrupt police, immigration and other officials in the incessant stream of