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Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen - Vol. 63 Num. 2, Juin 2008

The Best System Money Can Buy: Corruption in the European Union

"The Best System Money Can Buy: Corruption in the European Union," by Carolyn M. Warner, is reviewed.

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Swiss News - Num. 2003, Juin 2003

Aiming to be corruption-free: Switzerland ranks among the top 10 least corrupt countries in the world. Yet, says global watchdog Transparency Switzerland, steps can be taken to weed out the flaw all together.

... After falling behind to the 12th position earlier on, Switzerland has been ranked eighth this year in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of Transparency ...... Though the climb marks a reduction in corruption levels, the difference is not significant enough to confirm a decrease in the number of cases of corruption and bribery. In addition, a recent survey by ...

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International Trade Forum - Num. 4/2005, Octobre 2005

Plug Into Your National Brand

In an interview, Simon Anholt, a leading specialist in creating brand strategies for countries, talked about how a country's "brand" can help or hinder its exports. He said that the biggest danger is people making naive comparisons between branding in the private sector and what it can do for countries. There is recognition that image may be one of the primary barriers to economic development, but methodologies from the corporate sector applied clumsily onto national development are extremely...

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Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen - Vol. 61 Num. 2, Mars 2006

Free Trade Between Switzerland and the United States

Between July 2005 and January 2006. Swiss and US trade officials conducted exploratory talks to determine whether a free trade agreement (FTA) would be economically desirable and politically feasible. In January 2006, the talks were recessed when the Swiss Federal Council decided that - while an FTA would be economically desirable, free trade in agriculture was not politically feasible. The FTA talks may be resumed after the conclusion of the WTO Doha Development Round. Switzerland and the Un...