Foreign bribery report / China's Kyrgyzstan investment / Open Government anti-corruption initiatives

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Foreign bribery rages across the globe.  “Our new report, Exporting Corruption, rates the performance of 47 leading global exporters, including 43 countries that are signatories to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention, in cracking down on foreign bribery by companies…[It] also highlights key gaps in information about enforcement and slow country progress in introducing central public beneficial ownership registers, a crucial tool for detecting, investigating and preventing foreign bribery.

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/foreign-bribery-rages-across-the-globe  

 

How corruption in Kyrgyzstan put Chinese investments at risk (Opinion).  “In the past few weeks, the Government of Sri Lanka has proposed an amendment to the existing Constitution that seeks to overhaul several key provisions, including Articles regarding the appointment of independent commissions…Losing the [Right To Information] Commission can have a chilling effect on its use and effectiveness and those who suffer as a consequence would be citizens who have just begun in the last three years to truly exercise their democratic right to know,”

Niva Yau/South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3105669/how-corruption-kyrgyzstan-put-chinese-investments-risk  

 

Fighting corruption through Open Government Initiatives (Blog).  A chapter on “Open and Inclusive Government” in the World Bank’s recently published report on corruption pulls together existing research and country experiences to sketch out the connections between open government methodologies and anti-corruption aims… There is an increasing evidence that suggests that openness can make a difference in reducing corruption when other enabling factors are present,”

Emily Kallaur & Stephen Davenport/World Bank Blogs: https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/fighting-corruption-through-open-government-initiatives  

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