Transparency International’s Senior Programme Coordinator for Central America, Andrés Hernández, discusses efforts to strengthen anti-corruption measures in the region in advance of the Second Central America and Dominican Republic Forum for Transparency, taking place in San José, Costa Rica, 2-3 November 2011.
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Corruption – Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
Alejandro Salas is the Regional Director for the Americas at Transparency International. The following article was first published on Fox News. As a Mexican living in GermanyI sometimes forget certain things about my country of origin. I am not referring to my mother’s breakfast enchiladas or the long spicy lunches on Saturdays eating with friends […]
Corruption and the world in 2011
The following is adapted from the opening speech by Transparency International chair Huguette Labelle, at the anti-corruption movement’s annual meeting that brings together activists from over 100 countries around the world. The full speech is available here This has been a year of many anti-corruption landmarks and breakthroughs. People are waking up to corruption in […]
Will “Occupy Wall St” conquer hearts and minds?
Zoe Reiter is Senior Programme Coordinator in Transparency International’s Americas Department. As the Wall Street protests grow, she considers the challenges facing the movement. A friend of mine sent me a photo of her and her newborn occupying a park in Wall Street. This friend is well-to-do and while her leanings have always veered to […]
Climate change and corruption risks in Peru: The launch of TI’s Global Corruption Report on Climate Change in Lima
Samuel Rotta Castilla and Magaly Ávila work on the Climate Governance Integrity Programme at TI’s Peruvian chapter Proética. They talk about what TI’s Global Corruption Report on Climate Change means for Peru. Peru is one of only 17 megadiverse countries, and home to around 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity. 50 per cent of […]
Cambio Climático y riesgos de corrupción en el Perú. El Informe Global de Corrupción sobre Cambio Climático fue presentado en Lima
Escrito por Samuel Rotta Castilla y Magaly Ávila, Proética (Transparency International Peru). Perú es uno de los 17 países considerados megadiversos en el mundo, aquellos que concentran el 80% de la biodiversidad y casi la mitad de la diversidad cultural mundial. 50% de las exportaciones peruanas provienen de la explotación de los recursos biológicos, y […]
De las palabras a la acción: Estados de las Américas y la Convención Interamericana contra la Corrupción
Marta Erquicia es Senior Programme Coordinator para las Américas en Transparency International. En 1996, los países de las Américas, como respuesta a los escándalos de corrupción que sacudieron a la región, unieron esfuerzos que dieron como fruto la Convención Interamericana contra la Corrupción. Fue la primera vez a nivel global que los estados se pusieron […]
Can they walk the talk? American States and the Inter-American Convention against Corruption
Marta Erquicia is a Senior Programme Coordinator for the Americas at Transparency International. In 1996, countries across the Americas joined forces to establish the Inter-American Convention against Corruption in response to a string of high level corruption scandals that hit the region. It was the first time globally that states agreed on having a joint […]
Personal experiences of police corruption
In Latin America police corruption is endemic. According to figures released in the TI Global Corruption Barometer 2010, two out of every ten Latin-Americans interviewed had paid a bribe in the previous 12 months. So it comes as little surprise that two colleagues who work in the Transparency International Secretariat have confronted situations of this […]
Corrupción policial: realismo mágico en América Latina?
En América Latina la corrupción policial es endémica. Según los datos arrojados por el Barómetro Global de Corrupción 2010 de TI, dos de cada diez latinoamericanos encuestados pegaron un soborno en un periodo de 12 meses. En ese sentido, no es de llamar la atención que dos colegas que trabajan en Transparency International se han […]
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