Description

This publication covers a broad set of issues ranging from corruption as a challenge to good governance and economic development to anticorruption actions at national, regional, and international levels.

It provides policymakers, business, civil-society organizations, and other stakeholders with an assessment of specific anticorruption strategies already in place and explores new approaches.

Moreover, it serves as a key element in the network building and information sharing which is essential to successful coordination and cooperation among key players in the reform effort.

Contents

• Foreword, Executive Summary, Keynote Address and Opening Remarks
• Regional Strategies and International Instruments to Fight Corruption
  • India's Anticorruption Strategy
  • Corruption in Papua New Guinea
  • International Instruments to Fight Corruption
  • Fostering Greater Transparency in the Asia-Pacific Region
  • Actions to Fight Money Laundering of Proceeds of Crime
• Measures to Combat and Prevent Corruption
  • Reforming the Philippine Customs Service Through Electronic Governance
  • Anticorruption Strategies in Public Procurement
  • Curbing Corruption in Procurement
  • Corruption: The Costs for Development and Good Governance
  • Accountability and Anticorruption Agencies in the Asia-Pacific Region
  • Pillars of Integrity: Supreme Audit Institutions
  • Denying Tax Deductibility of Bribery in the United Kingdom
  • Denying Tax Deductibility of Bribery in the Republic of Korea
  • Measures to Fight Corruption
  • Combating Corruption in the Asia-Pacific Economies
  • Encouraging Good Corporate Behavior
  • Company Codes of Conduct
  • Fighting Corruption: The Role of Trade Unions
  • Managing Business Fraud Risk
  • Good Mass Media Governance
  • The Use of Report Cards in Monitoring Corruption
• Developing Anticorruption Strategies
  • Hong Kong, China's Anticorruption Strategy
  • Strategies for Combating Corruption in Pakistan
  • Korea's Strategies to Fight Corruption
  • Anticorruption Initiatives of the United States Agency for International Development
  • Anticorruption Initiatives of the International Monetary Fund
  • Anticorruption Initiatives of the World Bank
  • Developing Effective Approaches to Implement Anticorruptions Strategies: A Summary of the Breakout Discussions
• Epilogue, Participants and Abbreviations