UKRAINE PONDERS CORRUPTION CLEAN UP FOLLOWING REVOLUTION
May 10th, 2014
One of the main drivers of the Ukrainian revolution of February this year was the monumental levels of corruption within both the private and state sectors. Transparency International last year placed the country in 144th place on its 'corruption perceptions index,' at par with Papua New Guinea and the Central African Republic. Can the new government turn things around? Mark Rowe reports. Ukraine's provisional government has been busy passing and proposing laws to tackle endemic corruption. In April, it published its draft law, 'On the Principles of State ...
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