A series of scandals in Ukraine has shown that Russia’s war of aggression has not put an end to corruption in the country. Although Ukraine’s specialised institutions play an important role in combating corruption, the country’s governance model does not yet meet the requirements of the...

This study examines whether public governance in China has an impact on corporate tax avoidance. The anti-corruption campaign of 2012 is used as a natural experiment, and we run an event study to investigate how it impacted tax avoidance. We find that tax avoidance was significantly lower after...

This paper reviews Angola's recent reform efforts to strengthen good governance and fight corruption. Angola has achieved some progress on the governance and anti-corruption fronts since 2018, but the strong momentum observed through 2022 has abated. Gaps in most governance indicators remain...