Shruti Shah

About Shruti Shah

Shruti Shah is Senior policy director of law and regulation at Transparency International USA.
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How not to fall foul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

By on 16 November 2012 in Americas, Politics and government

This week the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission published their long-awaited guidance intended to provide useful information to companies to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The 120 page document has for the most part been welcomed by civil society organisations and defense counsels alike because of its comprehensiveness [...]

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Pushing Forward G8′s Anti-Corruption Agenda

By on 15 May 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Asia Pacific, Poverty and development

In India more than 200 million people live without secure access to food, the most of any county in the world, the Wall Street Journal reported last month. As the report argued, this is not because India lacks the resources to provide for its population. On the contrary, India’s domestic food production would be more [...]

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