Diagnostic System for Transparency and Institutional Reform
We quantify the legitimacy of governance using advanced social metrics.
Corruption is treated as the use of public resources for private gain. But it is better understood as a betrayal of the public confidence invested in individuals with access to public resources.
Corrupt practices are found in all branches of government, in business, and even within civil society. The broader consequences are a slowing down, or even reversal, of development goals.
Instead of making an overall judgment about a country, DSTAIR looks for institutional weaknesses in each of the many core spheres of the state and society: the constitution, courts, legislature, the executive, administration, political parties, media, the economy, and civil society.
It assumes that both the formal rules and informal practices in these spheres are important determinants of their overall legitimacy. DSTAIR is user driven; the program prompts users to make their own assessment about which particular institutions are legitimate and which are most in need of reform.
Policy recommendations which utilize legitimate institutions are identified by tabulating the user's assessments. The flexibility of the DSTAIR allows users to compare their own judgment with that of others, and to review alternative recommendations until they find what matches their needs.
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