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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180424T160000
SUMMARY:From "Mordida" to "Vetterliwirtschaft":   Debating Societies’ Hid
 den Meanings\, Open Secrets and the Impact of Informal Practices 
DESCRIPTION:Informal practices are pervasive in all  societies\, and we are
  all in some form or other impacted by them\, often  without noticing at a
 ll but bearing the consequences nonetheless. Thus  they are hardly ever ex
 plicitly articulated or  reflected in our governments’ policy making. Th
 e Basel Institute on  Governance cordially invites you to a debate how inf
 ormal practices  shape the fabric of societies around the world and the im
 pact they have  on people’s lifes and more broadly on development  outco
 mes.   The event will start with a panel  discussion between experts and p
 ractitioners from Mexico\, Russia\,  Tanzania and Switzerland who will sha
 re experiences of how such  invisible practices shape our daily lives. Thi
 s is to celebrate  the launch of The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality\,
  edited by Prof  Alena Ledeneva of University College London and to which 
 members of the  Basel Institute research team and close collaborators have
  contributed.    After a short musical intermezzo\, the  second part of t
 he evening will be devoted to discussing policy  implications of informali
 ty\, particularly when it comes to persistent  high levels of corruption. 
 Research evidence from seven  countries across East Africa\, Central Asia 
 and the Caucasus will help  shed light into promising entry points for the
  development of innovative  and more effective anti-corruption strategies.
  If this feels far away  from your own preoccupations\, you may ask whethe
 r  any of this is applicable to Switzerland too?                 
                                                   
                                                  
                Kindly RSVP by Friday 20 April  by filling out this 
 registration  form [https://www.baselgovernance.org/content/The_Global_Enc
 yclopaedia_of_Informality]
X-ALT-DESC:Informal practices are pervasive in all  societies\, and we are 
 all in some form or other impacted by them\, often  without noticing at al
 l but bearing the consequences nonetheless. Thus  they are hardly ever exp
 licitly articulated or  reflected in our governments’ policy making. The
  Basel Institute on  Governance cordially invites you to a debate how info
 rmal practices  shape the fabric of societies around the world and the imp
 act they have  on people’s lifes and more broadly on development  outcom
 es. <br /> <br /> The event will start with a panel  discussion between ex
 perts and practitioners from Mexico\, Russia\,  Tanzania and Switzerland w
 ho will share experiences of how such  invisible practices shape our daily
  lives. This is to celebrate  the launch of The Global Encyclopaedia of In
 formality\, edited by Prof  Alena Ledeneva of University College London an
 d to which members of the  Basel Institute research team and close collabo
 rators have contributed. &nbsp\;<br /> <br /> After a short musical interm
 ezzo\, the  second part of the evening will be devoted to discussing polic
 y  implications of informality\, particularly when it comes to persistent 
  high levels of corruption. Research evidence from seven  countries across
  East Africa\, Central Asia and the Caucasus will help  shed light into pr
 omising entry points for the development of innovative  and more effective
  anti-corruption strategies. If this feels far away  from your own preoccu
 pations\, you may ask whether  any of this is applicable to Switzerland to
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