[ap-intact] COMMENTARY: Fighting Corruption Head-On In South-East Asia
[Facilitator's note: Thank you to Samantha Grant, Regional Coordinator Southeast Asia, Transparency International, for sharing her blog post with AP-INTACT.]
"When the leaders of the 10 nations that make up the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Malaysia in April for the 26th ASEAN Summit, they need to be bolder in their approach to combatting corruption.
"Corruption will hold back investment in the region and stifle growth in both the public and private sectors if it is left unchecked. But it can’t be addressed if it is not on the agenda.
"With the announcement last week of the eight 2015 ASEAN Priorities we again see a set of worthy priorities – on business, on fair trade, on regional integration – whose success will very much depend on the willingness of leaders to also put anti-corruption on the agenda alongside them.
"That’s why we are suggesting that ASEAN, like the Group of 20 largest economies, develop and implement a comprehensive anti-corruption framework, defining ASEAN’s own anti-corruption agenda. At the same time it should create a mechanism by which to evaluate progress, with an inclusive role for the private sector and civil society."
Read the full post by Samantha Grant, in Space for Transparency, a TI blog space. http://blog.transparency.org/2015/02/02/fighting-corruption-head-on-in-south-east-asia/
Links:
(1) "Asia's Investment Puzzle." http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2006/06/kramer.htm
(2) "Malaysia sets eight priorities as new ASEAN chair." http://www.talkvietnam.com/2015/01/malaysia-sets-eight-priorities-as-new-asean-chair/
"When the leaders of the 10 nations that make up the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Malaysia in April for the 26th ASEAN Summit, they need to be bolder in their approach to combatting corruption.
"Corruption will hold back investment in the region and stifle growth in both the public and private sectors if it is left unchecked. But it can’t be addressed if it is not on the agenda.
"With the announcement last week of the eight 2015 ASEAN Priorities we again see a set of worthy priorities – on business, on fair trade, on regional integration – whose success will very much depend on the willingness of leaders to also put anti-corruption on the agenda alongside them.
"That’s why we are suggesting that ASEAN, like the Group of 20 largest economies, develop and implement a comprehensive anti-corruption framework, defining ASEAN’s own anti-corruption agenda. At the same time it should create a mechanism by which to evaluate progress, with an inclusive role for the private sector and civil society."
Read the full post by Samantha Grant, in Space for Transparency, a TI blog space. http://blog.transparency.org/2015/02/02/fighting-corruption-head-on-in-south-east-asia/
Links:
(1) "Asia's Investment Puzzle." http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2006/06/kramer.htm
(2) "Malaysia sets eight priorities as new ASEAN chair." http://www.talkvietnam.com/2015/01/malaysia-sets-eight-priorities-as-new-asean-chair/