To stem corruption, the city will impose tougher screening of potential employees, and it has added six new investigators to spot-audit inspectors.

She has drafted several laws intended to stem corruption, which she hopes will restore the image of government, at least in Puerto Rico.

In a closed-door session of Parliament last month, he reportedly threatened to join the Taliban over international pressure to stem corruption inside his government.

Administrative reforms would include the creation of a number of new ministries and councils and the temporary lifting of immunity for state employers in an attempt to stem corruption.

Guthrie was elected mayor in 1906 and immediately started instituting city policies to stem local corruption, and while working locally he also pushed for statewide reforms.

In what Mr. Wolfowitz described as efforts to stem corruption, he recently threatened to cut loans and development contracts in India and Kenya.

The admissions procedure was introduced in order to stem alleged corruption in the admission process.

In 1783 the coalition introduced an India Bill to the House to stem corruption by replacing the East India Company with a board of commissioners.

The unusual move to clamp down on China Southern Securities is a high-profile attempt to stem corruption.

Mr. Putin has continued to bolster Russia's financial institutions and has made progress in stemming corruption.