SELDI’s Regional Anti-Corruption Report highlights that a disrupted anticorruption agenda in the Western Balkans has been one of the casualties of the geopolitical storm stirred up by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Domestic kleptocratic elites are actively seeking to stall...
This policy brief examines the abuse of state resources and its deep implications for the democratic governance and electoral integrity. It provides data-driven insights to uncover the critical factors and causes behind the exploitation of state resources during elections...
No Real Democracy Without Strong Institutional Checks and Balances It is well-known that corruption thrives in environments with weak or ineffective institutional checks and balances. Power holders often exploit the weak accountability frameworks to abuse office with impunity. Therefore,...
This report analyses the risks entailed by the misuse of fiscal transfers from central to local governments in nine SEE countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). Such transfers are typically a...
Tirana Policy Forum Conclusion: Countering Corruption and State Capture – Advancing EU Accession of Western Balkan Countries On October 3, 2024, the Albanian Center for Economic Research (ACER), in collaboration with the Southeast European Leadership for Development and Integrity...
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