Ceasar's wife / Indonesia postponement / Thailand team up

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COMMENTARY: NGOs, Like Ceasar’s Wife, Should Be Above Suspicion - Why Indian Nonprofits Need To Take Transparency More Seriously
"When nonprofits, activists, and their supporters accuse the [Indian] government of applying a double standard, they have a point. Yet, even as we rightly protest the government’s politically motivated vendetta against civil society, it is equally important for India’s non-profits to take a good hard look in the mirror...the members of India’s vibrant non-profit sector must be sure that they are applying to themselves the same high standards of transparency and accountability that they advocate in the public sphere. Too often, they fall short."
Read the post by Nayana RenuKumar, in the Global Anticorruption Blog. http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/02/22/ngos-like-ceasars-wife-should-be-above-suspicion-why-indian-nonprofits-need-to-take-transparency-more-seriously/
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INFO: Indonesia postpones unpopular revision of anti-corruption law
Indonesia has postponed a law revision widely viewed as an attempt to weaken the role of the country’s anti-corruption agency.
Read the story in Channel News Asia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indonesia-postpones/2536964.html
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INFO: Thailand and UK team up to drive out corruption in construction
The British Embassy Bangkok and Thailand’s State Enterprise Policy Office are working together to promote the Construction Sector Transparency (CoST) Initiative.
Read the story in The Construction Index. http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/thailand-and-uk-team-up-to-drive-out-corruption-in-construction

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