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From research reports and policy positions to real life stories and toolkits, our publications offer insight into corruption and how to prevent and stop it.
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New Zealand National Integrity System Assessment 2018
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G20 Leaders or Laggards? Reviewing G20 Promises on Ending Anonymous Companies
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The issue of anonymous companies has risen in prominence on the global agenda. Yet, in 2015, our analysis of how well G20 members were implementing the G20 Beneficial Ownership…
Collective Action on Business Integrity: A Practitioner’s Guide for Civil Society Organisations
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Collective action on business integrity involves different stakeholder groups including civil society, government and business coming together to effect change, to create a…
Governance at the International Maritime Organisation: the Case for Reform
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The shipping industry could contribute up to 17 per cent of global CO2 emissions by 2050 if left unregulated. Therefore, the International Maritime Organisation has an integral…
State-Owned Enterprise Healthcheck
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The State-Owned Enterprise Healthcheck is a self-assessment tool to assist SOEs to appraise and improve their anti-corruption policies and procedures using the SOE principles.
State-Owned Enterprises: Beacons of Integrity?
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This report provides additional information on the growing economic importance of SOEs world-wide, their role as key service providers to the public, as well as the business case…
Policy, SDGs and Fighting Corruption for the People: A Civil Society Report on Afghanistan’s Sustainable Development Goals
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This report provides independent analysis to complement and scrutinise the Afghani government's official progress reports related to SDG targets that focus directly on corruption.
Women, Land and Corruption: Resources for Practitioners and Policy-Makers
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A compilation of relevant background information, lessons learnt and approaches to tackling land corruption as it affects women.
Investigating Land and Corruption in Africa: a Training Manual for Journalists
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This training manual supports journalists in Africa to investigate and report stories of land corruption, a subject that remains under-reported and poorly understood.
A Best Practice Guide for Whistleblowing Legislation
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We've developed the Best Practice Guide for Whistleblowing Legislation for policy-makers and whistleblowing advocates on how to implement its International Principles for…
Corruption Perceptions Index 2017
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Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide.
Safeguarding Climate Finance Procurement
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This study looks at the robustness of the institutional procurement policies of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Real Lives, Real Stories: the Asia Pacific Region
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From Pakistan to Papua New Guinea, these are stories about standing up for transparency and accountability.
Kenya’s Task Force on Anti-Corruption for REDD+: Assessment Report
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This report assesses the Kenya Task Force for Anti-Corruption in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation mechanism (REDD+). It was an informal…
Mining Awards Corruption Risk Assessment Tool
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This tool helps users to identify and assess the underlying causes of corruption in mining sector awards – the corruption risks that create opportunities for corruption and…
Combatting Corruption in Mining Approvals: Assessing the Risks in 18 Resource-Rich Countries
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Transparent and accountable mining can contribute to sustainable development. This begins with corruption-free approvals – the very first link in the mining value chain when…
10 Anti-Corruption Principles for State-Owned Enterprises: a Multi-Stakeholder Initiative of Transparency International
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These principles help state-owned enterprises to implement anti-corruption programmes based on the highest standards of integrity and transparency.
People and Corruption: Citizen's Voices from around the World
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This is a summary report of the key findings from the ninth edition of Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer series – the world's largest survey asking citizens…
A Tale of Four Funds
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This report examines the best practices regarding the transparency, accountability and integrity policies and standards set by four multilateral trust funds with significant…
Strengthening Anti-Corruption Agencies in Asia Pacific
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Major findings of country-level studies initiated by Transparency International on anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) in Asia Pacific.
Beneficial Ownership: How to Find the Real Owners of Secret Companies - A Guide for Journalists and Civil Society in Ghana, Kenya & Nigeria
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Corruption is often facilitated by complex and obscure company structures involved in transferring large amounts of money from one jurisdiction to another. The identity of the…
People and Corruption: Latin America and the Caribbean
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This new report from the Global Corruption Barometer series is based on surveys with over 22,000 citizens living in 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Business Case for 'Speaking Up': how Internal Reporting Mechanisms Strengthen Private-Sector Organisations
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The business case for companies to adopt robust internal reporting mechanisms is clear. Such mechanisms enable staff to speak up about legal or ethical misconduct.
Collective Commitment to Enhance Accountability and Transparency in Emergencies: Synthesis Report
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This report presents synthesis findings from four case studies developed under the Collective Resolution to Enhance Accountability and Transparency in Emergencies (CREATE)…
Collective Commitment to Enhance Accountability and Transparency in Emergencies: Lebanon Report
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This report presents research that looked at the assistance provided to Syrian refugees and affected host communities in Lebanon, as part of the CREATE project (Collective…
Transparency and participation an evaluation of anti-corruption review mechanisms
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This report investigates levels of transparency and civil society participation in the international meetings of six anti-corruption review mechanisms and finds important…
Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals: Shadow Reporting Questionnaire for Targets 16.4, 16.5 and 16.10
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The purpose of this questionnaire is to enable civil society organisations to conduct an independent appraisal of their country’s progress in fighting corruption, tackling illicit…
G20 position paper: clean supply chains (2017)
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In a globalised world, acting with integrity is not limited to refraining from giving or demanding a bribe. It also includes not violating human rights or the environment.
G20 position paper: open data and corruption (2017)
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As technology advances, the methods of the corrupt are also getting more sophisticated and difficult to foil. It is clear that the digital revolution opportunities for…