Dr. Sunil Sondhi has published. extensively in scholarly journals ont international relations and organization, and has more than one hundred research papers and articles to his credit. His two earlier books are: Science Technology and India's Foreign Policy (1994); and United Nations in a Changing World (1998); and Global Terror (2001) Canada Today & Tomorrow (Co-editor) (2002); Dr. Sondhi has been a Trustee of Indian Association of American Studies, and is now the Secretary-General of Fulbright Alumni Association. A keen mountaineer, Dr. Sondhi has been the President of Delhi Mountaineering Association for six years 1995-2001 and is now a Member of its Governing Council.
Fortunately, world-wide concern for improved levels of governance and accountability has never been higher-be it in the public or private sector, or within international or non-governmental organisations. The belief that increased transparency can achieve not only more meaningful levels of accountability, but can do so in a highly cost-effective fashion, is now expressed universally. There is also a widespread recognition that fundamental and enduring changes in attitudes and practices can only be brought about by harnessing the energies of all of the points of a society's triangle of forces-the state, the private sector and civil society and not only within countries, but also transnationally. By adopting an holistic approach and by co-opting all the principal actors into the process of anti-corruption reform, a country or community can enhance its capacity to curtail corruption to manageable levels. But none of this can be tackled without enlightened and determined political leadership, without high levels of public awareness and support, and without a motivated and well-led private sector.
A number of factors explain this growing emphasis on fighting corruption. Expansion and consolidation of democracy at the grassroots level has enabled citizens to use the vote and new-found civil liberties to confront corruption, prompting leaders and opposition figures to show a stronger anti-corruption commitment. Internationally, since the end of the Cold War, donor governments have focused less on ideological grounds for foreign assistance and concentrated more on trade and development, both of which are undermined by corruption. Countries with high levels of corruption, like India, have found themselves less able to attract investment and aid in a competitive global market. At the same time, business within the country has faced ever stiffer competition with the globalization of trade and capital markets, and has become less willing to tolerate the expense and risk associated with corruption.
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