After saving the farm and the lives of his friends Shane was out and about, but this was no walk about. No, Shane was hunting. The criminal supporters of the ANC had started the war but he was going to finish it. He had taken it on himself to avenge the terrible crimes committed against his people. He was playing by their rules and he was winning. They had no idea what he was capable of, it was going to get bloody, very bloody.

Natural disasters are inevitable, but humanitarian and economic losses are determined largely by policy preferences and institutional underpinnings that shape the quality of public infrastructure (including emergency responses and healthcare services) and govern business practices and the adherence to building codes. In this paper, we empirically investigate whether corruption increases the loss of human lives caused by natural disasters, using a large panel of 135 countries during the period 1980–2020. The econometric analysis provides convincing evidence that corruption increases the number of disaster-related deaths, after controlling for economic, demographic, healthcare and institutional factors. That is, the higher the level of corruption in a given country, the greater the number of fatalities as a share of population due to natural disasters. Our results show that the devastating impact of corruption on loss of human lives caused by natural disasters is significantly greater in developing countries, which are even more vulnerable to nonlinear effects of corruption.

From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future. “If you want to save America, this might just be the most important book to read now." —Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains Sarah Chayes writes in her new book, that the United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption, she argues, is an operating system of sophisticated networks in which government officials, key private-sector interests, and out-and-out criminals interweave. Their main objective: not to serve the public but to maximize returns for network members. In this unflinching exploration of corruption in America, Chayes exposes how corruption has thrived within our borders, from the titans of America's Gilded Age (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, et al.) to the collapse of the stock market in 1929, the Great Depression, and FDR's New Deal; from Joe Kennedy's years of banking, bootlegging, machine politics, and pursuit of infinite wealth to the deregulation of the Reagan Revolution--undermining this nation's proud middle class and union members. She then brings us up to the present as she shines a light on the Clinton policies of political favors and personal enrichment and documents Trump's hydra-headed network of corruption, which aimed to systematically undo the Constitution and our laws. Ultimately and most importantly, Chayes reveals how corrupt systems are organized, how they enable bad actors to bend the rules so their crimes are covered legally, how they overtly determine the shape of our government, and how they affect all levels of society, especially when the corruption is overlooked and downplayed by the rich and well-educated.

In this gripping story, rookie detective William Tate tries to solve the murder of a young woman named Jessica Bennett, who lived in an upscale neighborhood with her husband Ralph Bennett in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, where the upper middle class and retirees reside. Neighbors haven't seen a crime like this since the late 1950s. As Detective Tate delves deeper into his investigation, he finds himself in a whirlwind of lies and corruption. He quickly grows suspicious of his partner, Jeffrey Barnes, who's a 20-year veteran of the 6th District homicide unit in Philadelphia. As the truth unfolds, tensions begin to rise between the two detectives, causing a secret tension between them. They say there are two sides to every story and then there's the truth. Detective Tate is determined to uncover the truth and bring Jessica's killer to justice.

Beside religious bigotry and ethnicity, the major thorn in the flesh of the Nigerian nation and a troubling index is the twin monster of bribery and corruption. Really, Nigeria's image, everyone knows, has been a very bad one, so battered into shame by both aliens and Nigerians themselves-- via this act of bribery and corruption. At the wake of the overthrow of the government of the first republic Nigeria in 1966, Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu averred: "Our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places that seek bribes and demand 10 percent; those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so that they can remain in office as ministers or VIPs at least, the tribalists, the nepotists, those that make the country look big for nothing before international circles, those that have corrupted our society and put the Nigerian political calendar back by their words and deeds". Yes, since the time of Nzeogwu and his fellow coupists, each coming government in Nigeria has always promised to make the fight against corruption its cardinal objective. But certainly and sadly enough, most of those successive governments in the country have only paid lip-service to the system, while the Heads of Government had either participated in the loots directly or through proxies, or felt indifferent.The Economic & Financial Crimes Commission has been doggedly fighting to change the bad narrative about Nigeria, especially recently under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr Ibrahim Magu. Though there may be concerns (genuine and imagined) here and there about the operations of the apex anti-corruption agency, but it can only get better as Nigerians cooperate with EFCC-- even as the relevant Laws governing the operation of this all-important agency are being reviewed or strengthened to curb perceived excesses or arbitrariness; and more-importantly to give more legal biting teeth to the crime-fighting organization.Yes, and indeed, the war against corruption is one that must be won; because according to President Buhari, it is either we kill corruption or corruptions kills Nigeria. And in this well-intended fight, only the guilt needs to be afraid!

In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals that include an explicit commitment to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. However, enormous gaps remain between what is achievable in human health and where global health stands today, and progress has been both incomplete and unevenly distributed. In order to meet this goal, a deliberate and comprehensive effort is needed to improve the quality of health care services globally. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide focuses on one particular shortfall in health care affecting global populations: defects in the quality of care. This study reviews the available evidence on the quality of care worldwide and makes recommendations to improve health care quality globally while expanding access to preventive and therapeutic services, with a focus in low-resource areas. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm emphasizes the organization and delivery of safe and effective care at the patient/provider interface. This study explores issues of access to services and commodities, effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and equity. Focusing on front line service delivery that can directly impact health outcomes for individuals and populations, this book will be an essential guide for key stakeholders, governments, donors, health systems, and others involved in health care.

Corruption regularly makes front page headlines: public officials embezzling government monies, selling public offices, and trading bribes for favors to private companies generate public indignation and calls for reform. In Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know®, renowned scholars Ray Fisman and Miriam A. Golden provide a deeper understanding of why corruption is so damaging politically, socially, and economically. Among the key questions examined are: is corruption the result of perverse economic incentives? Does it stem from differences in culture and tolerance for illicit acts of government officials? Why don't voters throw corrupt politicians out of office? Vivid examples from a wide range of countries and situations shed light on the causes of corruption, and how it can be combated.