Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Hertie School of Governance
and
Romanian Academic Society
pippidi@hertie-school.org
www.againstcorruption.eu
This project is co-funded by the
Seventh Framework Programme for
Research and Technological
Development of the European Union
www.romaniacurata.ro
Catch up based on what?
Vicious circle of innovation and corruption
5
SWE
NLD FIN DNK
GBR
DEU LUX
BEL IRL
FRA AUT
Global Innovation index
4 EST
CZE SVN
MLT ESP
HUN CYP
(0-5 best)
1
0 2 4 6 8 10
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WGI Control of Corruption (0-10 best) 2
Consequences of failure of merit based
society – Brain drain and corruption
7
SWE
GBR LUX NLD
5 BEL IRL FIN DNK
AUT
DEU
Brain drain
(1-7 lowest)
CYP
MLT SVN FRA
4
ESP
CZE EST
PRT
POL
3 LVA
ITA HUN
GRC SVK
LTU
BGR
2 ROM
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
WGI Control of Corruption
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(recoded 1-10 best) 3
Correlation integrity (IPI)-
Government effectiveness (World Bank)
2.5
2 FIN
WGI Government effectiveness
SWENLD
DEU LUX IRL DNK
GBR
1.5 AUT
(-2.5 to 2.5 best)
BEL FRA
SVN CYP ESP LTU
1 CZE MLT EST
PRT LVA
POL SVK
HRV
0.5 HUN
ITA GRC
BGR
0 ROM
-0.5
1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00
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4
9
Evolution of Judiciary Independence
8
7
Judicial Independence Score (1-10)
4
2007 - 208
2017 - 2018
3
BEL
LUX AUT
50% MLT
DEU GBR
R² = 0.63044
30% FIN
SWE
NLD
DNK
10%
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Index of Public Integrity
(1-10 best)
Romania sau Bulgaria still paired,
but Romania does it at higher roads and political costs
3,5 7
3
Investment in overall inland infrastructure 6
2
4
1,5
3
1
2
0,5
0 1
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Persistent
poverty and
divergence on
The only element which can be made
income and
productivity
exogenous is EU funding
We need EU funds which change
patterns of poor governance, not
Sub-optimal Poor
investment of EU governance (lack reinforce them, as in Greece or Sicily
funds and of meritocracy,
national clientelism, Flexible funds for skills enhancement,
resources corruption)
open competition, attracting of
research and innovation leaders
Funds with impact, not just
‘absorption’
Brain drain and Funds planned and audited by
Administrative poor educational
capture with outcomes communities and civil societies
resulting poor subverting
capacity critical mass for through social accountability
good governance
Test case for Romania as well as EU
Link between cohesion and governance already made
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/cohesion-report/
See also
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