Constitutionalizing Anticorruption Commissions / Stopping vaccine corruption / Mongolia land registry service digitalization

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A Cautious Challenge to Constitutionalizing Anticorruption Commissions (Blog).  “While some, such as those in Hong Kong and Singapore, have effectively executed their mandate to investigate and prosecute instances of graft, bribery, and other forms of corruption, others ACCs have been criticized as toothless, inefficient, or themselves corrupt…The evidence is murky and inconclusive, but there are some reasons to doubt whether constitutionalization can overcome the obstacles that have limited the effectiveness of ACCs in the past.”

Brooke Davies/The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/08/09/a-cautious-challenge-to-constitutionalizing-anticorruption-commissions/  

 

How to stop vaccine corruption, which is plaguing the global fight against COVID-19 (Opinion).  “A wave of vaccine corruption scandals have shaken the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout... Global partnership is critical to uprooting this corruption. At the same time, local governments, businesses, and whistleblowers can work together to crack down on black markets.”

Muhammad Jawad Noon/Fortune: https://fortune.com/2021/08/14/covid-vaccine-corruption-distribution-rollout/  

 

Mongolia: elimination of red tape in land registry government services.  “Last week, most of the complaints received through the Government Public Relations Center Hotline were related to the Capital city and District Land Registry offices…It has been decided to fully digitize land registry services, the main goals are to provide citizens with information related to land possession, and ownership through an online website, and to introduce the electronic land registry system to the public.”

Independent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia: https://www.iaac.mn/news/mongolia-elimination-of-red-tape-in-land-registry-government-services/  

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