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Corruption, Good Governance and Economic Development: Contemporary Analysis and Case Studies
Chapter 11
Does Governance Reform in a Democratic Transition Country Reduce the Risk of Corruption? Evidence from Indonesia Budi Setiyono Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Diponegoro University, Indonesia
Abstract Within the last decade, Indonesia has been sympathetically admired by commentators for the smooth running of a democratization process following the end of authoritarian regime under Suharto’s administration. So far, along with the alteration of political rules of the game, the democratization process that is taking place has generated significant institutional changes, and brings a fairly major transformation in political landscape. Citizens are enjoying free liberal environment and are receiving the rights of speech and association that is guaranteed by the laws. Regular free and fair elections have been conducted for the third time for electing a president, members of senate (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah/DPD) and the people representative assembly (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR) at both national and local levels. Free media has also been flourishing and plays an important role in scrutinizing governmental and political affairs. As well, power has been significantly distributed both vertically and horizontally: vertically, Indonesia has been carrying out a broad decentralization process where provincial and local governments are receiving a large number of authorities and 217
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