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Pakistan's largest province tries innovative technology-driven initiative to tackle corruption
Mar 12 2013
Initiative similar to I Paid A Bribe seeks to fight corruption in Pakistan.
IPhone Application Launched to Fight Corruption in Russia
Jan 10 2013
This initiative is the first of its kind in the development of an application for smartphones, but the principle behind it has been applied in other crowdsourcing projects worldwide, such as the “I Paid a Bribe” initiative, originally implemented in India and later replicated in countries such as Kenya and Zimbabwe.
The Need For Mobile Money Spawns A Startup Ecosystem Across Africa
Jan 10 2013
Rather, it’s about the ability to make and accept online payments, which Kembo discovered when trying to monetize his corruption-reporting website I Paid a Bribe.
Fund aims to improve governance through new technology
Jan 10 2013
One is an Indian website called 'I Paid a Bribe' that aims to "tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens", according to its website. It allows people to anonymously post details of bribes that they had to pay to officials. Any patterns of systemic corruption are passed on by Janaagraha, the non-profit organisation that runs the site, to the Indian government.
Regular people are battling this issue by supporting anti-corruption movements like those of Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal. There is even a website called “I Paid a Bribe” which allows people to expose their experiences with rampant bribing.
The experience traumatised her to such an extent that, even though she was studying at university in the US, she became determined to discover how widespread the practice was in Greece. Inspired by similar websites in India and Kenya, Tremonti set up edosafakelaki (meaning "I paid a bribe"), which allows people to anonymously report cases of bribe-giving or taking, or cases where bribes were refused.