Description
For ADB’s 10th International Anticorruption Day celebration, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity will host a knowledge-sharing session on Strengthening Governance Systems to Combat Illicit Financial Flows at a Time of COVID-19. The program features remarks from ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa and two keynote speakers. Clare Rewcastle Brown, founder of The Sarawak Report, will share her experience with the 1MDB investigation. Lakshmi Kumar, policy director of Global Financial Integrity, will discuss the importance of a collective global and local response in fighting money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
A major constraint towards financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pertains to leakages in member countries’ development budgets that are caused by illicit financial flows (IFFs). The COVID-19 pandemic presents additional challenges as developing countries struggle to balance health and economic priorities using limited resources.
Objectives
Provide participants the opportunity to gain insights on how they can flag and address illicit financial flows and related integrity risks, especially during crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Target participants
- ADB management, staff, consultants, and contractors
- Invited guests
Resource speakers
- Clare Rewcastle Brown – Founder, Sarawak Report and Radio Free Sarawak
- Lakshmi Kumar – Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
How to register
By invitation only
Costs
Attendance is free for this online event
Event organizers / partners
- ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity