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Anti-corruption reform in indonesia: an obituary?

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Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court had until recently convicted all the defendants brought before it by the Corruption Eradication Commission. Many of these were well-known and politically powerful figures. Yet both the Court and the Commission are under threat. Between February and October 2011, the Anti-Corruption Courts issued more than 20 acquittals, and on 11 October 2011, for the first time, a defendant prosecuted by the KPK itself was acquitted. This article traces the history of the Court and the Commission and explains why their fall may be imminent. Both institutions have been the targets of efforts to discredit and hobble them, apparently orchestrated by people the Commission has investigated. If the current trend continues, the Anti-Corruption Court and the Corruption Eradication Commission may soon join the growing list of Indonesia's failed anti-corruption initiatives.

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  • Simon Butt, 2011. "Anti-corruption reform in indonesia: an obituary?," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 381-394, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bindes:v:47:y:2011:i:3:p:381-394
    DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2011.619051
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    1. Lambsdorff Johann Graf & Schulze Günther G., 2015. "Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Corruption at the Grassroots-level: What Can We Know About Corruption?," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 235(2), pages 100-114, April.
    2. Mariana Mota Prado & Lindsey Carson, 2014. "Brazilian Anti-Corruption Legislation and its Enforcement: Potential Lessons for Institutional Design," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series iriba_wp09, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    3. Krisztina Kis-Katos & Günther G. Schulze, 2013. "Corruption in Southeast Asia: a survey of recent research," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 27(1), pages 79-109, May.
    4. Michael T. Rock, 2015. "Southeast Asia’s Democratic Developmental States and Economic Growth," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 7(1), pages 23-51, April.
    5. Lindsey Carson & Mariana Mota Prado, 2014. "Mapping Corruption and its Institutional Determinants in Brazil," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series iriba_wp08, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    6. Hal Hill, 2018. "Asia's Third Giant: A Survey of the Indonesian Economy," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 94(307), pages 469-499, December.

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