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	Podcast:		Democracy That Delivers
	Episode:		402 - ACGC - The Cost of Corruption: A Nigerian Case Study
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:27:13
	Publish Date:		2024-06-20 16:03:00
	Description:		orruption in the shipping industry is a persistent challenge to fair trade across the world, estimated to cost the international economy billions each year. The Martitime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is a global business network of over 200 companies who, since 2011, has become a pre-eminent example of collective action to battle corruption. On this week’s Democracy that Delivers, CIPE’s Ekaterina Lysova sits with MACN members Martin Benderson & Thomas Westergaard-Kabel to discuss their new, groundbreaking report on maritime corruption in Nigeria. Martin and Thomas utilize unique data and an innovative methodology to create a survey of corruption in Nigerian with a level of detail never before possible, demonstrating costs of over $162 million per year. Their resulting assessment serves as a powerful case study for the wide-reaching implications of maritime corruption on low- and middle-income countries. Listen first-hand to these experts discuss how they performed their research, what trends the report reveals, and how their approach can be utilized by other researchers seeking to understand the true costs of maritime corruption. Full Study
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