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Policy Position No. 01/2005 Standards on Political Funding and Favours
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Corruption in political party and campaign finance damages democracy because it undermines elections and distorts political competition. But the damage is not confined to the electoral process. The quality of government is marred when subsequent decisions. see more |
Policy Position No. 02/2005 Political Finance Regulations: Bridging the Enforcement Gap
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Political finance regulations have been introduced in a majority of democracies to promote fair political competition, but all too often political party and campaign finance laws are breached with impunity. This situation needs remedying because people's trust in democracy is eroded when democratically elected leaders fail to comply with laws they themselves design. see more |
Policy Position No. 03/2005 Standards for Public Contracting
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Transparency International's Minimum Standards for Public Contracting provides a framework for preventing and reducing corruption based on clear rules, transparency and effective control and auditing procedures throughout the contracting process. see more |
Policy Position No.1/2007 Enhancing Judicial Transparency
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Transparency relating to the judiciary serves to increase public knowledge about the judicial system, provides recourse for redress when problems occur, and decreases the opportunities for corrupt practices. It is vital that appointments, complaints and disciplinary processes are transparent and objective, and that the public has a means of challenging decisions where they are unreasonable or improper. Transparency also bolsters judicial independence. A diligent judge, for example, can demonstrate that they are acting in accordance with the law. In addition, information on judicial conduct and discipline enables the public and civil society to act as a check against arbitrary executive interference. see more |
Policy Position No.2/2007 Judicial Accountability and Discipline
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The judiciary needs to be independent of outside influence, particularly of political and economic entities such as government agencies or industry associations. But judicial independence does not mean that judges and court officials should have free rein to behave as they please. Indeed, judicial independence is founded on public trust and, to maintain it, judges must uphold the highest standards of integrity and be held accountable to them.Where judges or court personnel are suspected of breaching the public’s trust, fair measures must be in place to detect, investigate and sanction corrupt practices. see more |
Policy Position No.3/2007 Promoting Fairness in Judicial Appointments
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Where political power plays a significant role in the appointment, promotion and conditions of service of judges there is a risk that judicial candidates, as well as sitting judges, will feel compelled to respond positively to the demands of the powerful. In some countries, judges who abide by the wishes of senior public officials may be rewarded with modern office equipment, higher quality housing or newer cars. Appointment procedures must therefore be transparent, fair and robust enough to ensure that only those candidates with the highest professional qualifications and standards of personal integrity are allowed to sit on the bench. see more |
Policy Position No.4/2007 Promoting Decent Judicial Terms and Conditions
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The terms and conditions under which judges and court officials work are important in determining their likelihood to engage in corrupt practice. Judiciaries faced with low salaries, poor training and benefits, uncertain security of tenure, or sub-standard administration are unlikely to attract and retain high-quality candidates. Even where able judges and court staff are in place, poor terms and conditions can provide both an incentive and opportunities for resorting to corruption. Security of tenure of judges is an essential means of securing judicial independence, but, more broadly, conditions of service should provide a professional environment in which judicial officers have a transparent, motivating and safe environment in which to work. Developing decent working environments is therefore a key means of preventing judicial corruption. see more |
Poverty and Corruption
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Across different country contexts, corruption has been a cause and consequence of poverty. Yet donors and governments still treat poverty and corruption as separate — rather than integral — components of the same strategy, which has undermined the fight against both these obstacles to development. see more |
Poverty, Aid and Corruption Policy Paper
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The paper offers recommendations on how to make the most efficient use of development resources in anti-poverty programmes and tackling the supply-side of corruption. It shows how cooperation in multi-stakeholder environments and the decentralisation of aid delivery can help avoid corruption-prone settings. The paper is the result of a series of consultations within the TI movement and reflects current discussion within the movement and debates in the wider development community. see more |
Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance. Final Research Report
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This report describes research on the problem of corruption in humanitarian assistance, carried out in 2007 and 2008 by the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University (FIC) in collaboration with the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute in London (ODI) and the sponsoring organization, Transparency International (TI). Seven major international humanitarian NGOs volunteered to be part of the project and allowed researchers access to their headquarters staff and documentation along with similar access to field programs in seven crisis affected countries. see more |
Procurement Handbook: Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement – Experiences from Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan
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The Procurement Handbook presents the experiences of Transparency International and three national chapters in Asia in fighting corruption in public contracting. Targeted for civil society and local government, the Handbook provides an overview of the issues and offers suggestions on how problems can be addressed. see more |
Prohibiting Bribe Payments to Foreign Political Parties: The La Pietra Recommendations
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This booklet contains the recommendations drawn up at Villa La Pietra in Florence, Italy, in October 2000. A special supplement contains six case studies of political party bribery. see more |
Proyecto Crinis: dinero en la política, asunto de todos
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Crinis –ray of light in Latin– is a joint project from Transparency International and the Carter Center to promote transparency and accountability in political financing in Latin America. The goal of Crinis is to help increase public trust in democracy and political parties by promoting transparency and accountability in political financing. This report scrutinises the state of political party finance in eight Latin American countries. see more |
Public Contracting in Latin America: Institutions, practices and corruption risks
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This study is based on a project coordinated by TI national chapters in nine countries in Latin America. Experts in each country answered a questionnaire which looked to measure risks in each given public contracting system. The report collects and analyses the results and provides important information about where the major risks of corruption lie and where efforts for improvement should be focused. see more |
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