Posts

Corruption:A big danger to society

Bad politics and corruption are ideally addressed together. Doing so is not expensive compared to the budgets wasted if these problems go unchecked. 11/05/23 Corruption is not just money wasted...Corruption fuels bad systems: bad policy ('policy capture'), bad politics. Photo: @hamsiiidrisCC BY-NC-ND This post was first published on the Oxfam blog From Poverty to Power, edited by Duncan Green. In December 2021 I left the UK Government after 20 years as a governance adviser, and then research commissioner, and became Director of the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre in Norway. After 20 years of being a ‘flexpert’, spread thinly across multiple issues, I wanted to zero in on corruption because tackling it is a means to many bigger ends. It’s a major constraint (but not the only governance constraint) to delivering ‘development outcomes’, changing real lives, and maximising bangs for bucks, in health, education, climate change – everything. The ‘anti-corruption community’ is a sp...
Post a Comment
Read more

Cyber Bullying and its prevention

Image
               Cyberbullying and Why It's a Bigger Problem Than Ever? What Is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is the good old bullying with a twist - and now it can reach its targets anywhere, anytime. You think you’re safe at home? Think again. If you have a digital device, you can easily be cyberbullied. Texts, apps, social media, forums, and  online gaming  - cyberbullies lurk everywhere. True, bullies won’t beat you up in the safety of your home, but their poisonous words can still reach you. The internet is a great place, but the easy access it provides can be a double-edged sword. And bullies need to feed regularly on other people’s pain. So, an insult a day keeps the joy away… But it gets worse. It doesn’t end with insults. Often it’s sending, posting, or sharing personal information about you without your consent. The goal is to invade your privacy and humiliate you. Even if what they write and post is false, it still hurts and may ...
Post a Comment
Read more