With a view to the IV Summit of the Americas
With less than two months remaining before the IV Summit of the Americas to be held in Argentina and following the conclusion of the preparatory Regional…
United Nations must initiate a major, highly public and independent review of its accountability mechanisms
The United Nations must initiate and cooperate fully with a major independent assessment…
Transparency International (TI) and its national contact in China, the Anti-Corruption and Governance Research Centre (ACGRC) at Tsinghua University, as well as the China Society of Administrative…
The United Nations (UN), development banks, and governments must debar companies from future contracting where sufficient evidence of corruption exists. Danish company Grundfos' admission of…
The year 2004 brought greater financial stability, achievements, challenges
A coordinated global call for action in preventing corruption in humanitarian aid in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami…
The Group of Eight’s powerful embrace of its leadership role in the fight against corruption is welcome news. Its extensive and detailed proposals – if followed through – will establish milestones…
Greater political accountability in Africa will make aid more effective
Increased aid to Africa will be ineffective unless good governance, driven by political accountability and courage, is a…
Donor and recipient countries must work hand in hand
Intractable poverty is one result of poor governance, says Transparency International, and fighting corruption is an indispensable element of…
Bold actions will put a dent in poverty
Bold actions by the Group of Eight industrialised nations (G-8) to attack corruption could make a dramatic impact on poverty, freeing up billions in aid money…
The Group of Eight can start by cleaning up their side of the street
Fighting corruption is essential to improving aid effectiveness and reducing poverty, says Transparency International. A powerful…
"Corruption is a universal problem. What we see is not a singular phenomenon, is not a curiosity, is not individuals having lost their direction. It looks like a system."
Eva Joly, Integrity…
President Thabo Mbeki's decision to sack South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, after he was implicated in the corruption trial of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik, is a signal of South…
The governments of the Americas must promptly fulfil the obligations they had undertaken to fight corruption by signing and ratifying the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (IACAC),…
Transparency International in the Americas promoting democracy through new one-stop shop on regional anti-corruption conventions
Transparency International (TI) today launched the first civil society web site dedicated solely to international anti-corruption conventions in the Americas. The site, initially available in English…
Barbara Ann Clay, formerly Director of Communications at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and at the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. Congress, has joined…
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