2009 Global Corruption Report: Corruption and the Private Sector

by Georg Neumann on 4:20 pm on Wednesday, 23. September 2009 | 8 Comments

When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, a 6-year old girl said she wanted to be a corrupt official, because they have so many things. After recovering from the shock of the little girl’s answer, the next question that arises is: how is it that these officials can accumulate so many [...]

G8: Time to back up public commitments

by Angela McClellan on 6:17 pm on Wednesday, 8. July 2009 | No Comments

Transparency International welcomes the 12 principles for a strong, fair and clean economy on the table in l’Aquila as long as they include strong monitoring mechanisms for effective implementation
On the OECD 12 principles for a strong, fair and clean economy, we would urge G-8 leaders to put into practice the effective monitoring of the implementation [...]

Leading the fight against corruption in the Asia Pacific region

by Georg Neumann on 3:18 pm on Tuesday, 19. May 2009 | No Comments

How does successful fighting corruption in the region Asia Pacific look like? This key question was at the centre of today’s Transparency International Asia Pacific Regional Programme Meeting. 15 years ago, when corruption was perceived to be the oil that made economy work, asking such question in a public forum held at the parliament house [...]

Transparency in Financial Markets

by Georg Neumann on 6:00 pm on Friday, 13. March 2009 | No Comments

Just a quick note as the G-20 London Summit nears and talk of transparency as a remedy for the current instability and lack of trust wrecking the financial system, is everywhere. The Economist did a focus story on this issue looking at the pros and cons of transparency in February. I wanted to share with [...]