Myanmar infrastructure risks / Viet Nam anti-corruption wins trust / Public procurement-open ownership

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MDBs in Myanmar: risk regulators on complex infrastructure projects? (Blog).  “Considering the context of Myanmar, which is a new and weak democracy within a corruption-prone landscape, risk mitigation based on an awareness of the local political economy is essential. MDBs must take on a more engaged “risk regulator” role rather than leave responsibility to the government.”

Sayuri Ichikawa and Rual Thang/New Mandala: https://www.newmandala.org/mdbs-in-myanmar-risk-regulators-on-complex-infrastructure-projects/  

 

Vietnam’s Communists brace for next 5 years after big 2020. “‘While the Vietnamese economy is basically stable, the party has gained more trust from citizens thanks to positive results from the anti-corruption campaign and reshuffle of the party,’ said the 76-year-old Trong, who is party general secretary, as well as Vietnam's president and controls the armed forces as secretary of the Central Military Commission.”

Tomoya Onishi/Nikkei Asia: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/Vietnam-s-Communists-brace-for-next-5-years-after-big-2020   

 

Transforming procurement systems, one prototype at a time (Blog). “For this project, [Open Ownership] has built on Bluetail, a prototype system that uses [beneficial ownership (BO)], procurement, and politically exposed person (PEP) data to automatically flag corruption risks in tenders. The aim for this project is to understand the benefits of using these prototypes in our target countries, whilst making the case for the standardisation of BO data.”

Steve Day/Open Ownership: https://www.openownership.org/blogs/tps-prototyping/    

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