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Developing Countries: Public Education to Combat Corruption and Economic Crime — The Future for Developing Countries

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/eb025900
Date01 January 1999
Published date01 January 1999
Pages290-296
AuthorJohn Lester
Subject MatterAccounting & finance
Journal of Financial Crime — Vol. 6 No. 3 — International
Developing Countries: Public Education to Combat
Corruption and Economic Crime — The Future for
Developing Countries
John Lester
THE GLOBAL OVERVIEW
Many developing countries, and indeed a signi-
ficant number of developed countries, need a prac-
tical strategy to launch future education and
prevention programmes. This article offers con-
structive advice on how to educate the public and
gain support to combat the abuses of government
officials and private individuals. Corruption pre-
vention services involve the study of systems and
procedures to reduce opportunities to commit cor-
ruption and economic crime offences. A detailed
review of these services is not included in this
article but public education involves making these
services widely known throughout the public and
private sectors.
There are many possible working definitions for
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