Singapore assistance / India lessons / Indonesia analysis

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INFO: Russia needs Singapore's assistance to eradicate corruption. "Singapore's experience in economic, social and political development, including the struggle against corruption, enjoys demand in the world and in Russia too," said Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko in an article in The Kommersant.

Read the article in Pravda Report. http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/economics/17-03-2016/133842-russia_corruption-0/

COMMENTARY: What Others Can Take from Anticorruption Litigation in India. "There is much in the Indian experience of value to lawyers in other nations.  Since the late 1990s Indian courts have issued a series of extraordinary, precedent setting decisions to address the rampant corruption that infects India’s public sector.  In response to cases brought by civil society, they have ordered law enforcement authorities to investigate grand corruption cases they had been ignoring, appointed civil society monitors to ensure the investigations are faithfully conducted, and invalidated executive actions tainted by corruption."

Read the post by Rick Messick, in the Global Anticorruption Blog. http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/03/16/what-others-can-take-from-anticorruption-litigation-in-india/

ANALYSIS: Corruption and the business environment - how does Indonesia perform? "The 2016 AmCham Singapore and US Chamber of Commerce ASEAN Business Outlook Survey reflects optimism about commercial prospects in Indonesia, but it also highlights continuing concerns about corruption.  Respondents to the survey included a total of 471 AmCham member companies in all ten ASEAN countries, and this makes it possible to draw regional comparisons."

Read the analysis by John Bray and Frank Tsai, in Lexology. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bb2f0d6b-645f-4c93-bb6a-9ccf4b36c9cb

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