Surveys - Momentum has been building against corruption for years in the Middle East and North Africa. From Lebanon and Sudan, where millions of people took to the streets earlier this year to speak out against their governments, to the Arab revolutions that toppled corrupt leaders nearly a decade ago, ...
Posted 11 Dec 2019
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Surveys - In many Arab countries the use of personal connections, or “wasta” in Arabic, is a common practice and a social norm. People use their family or social contacts to skip the line and gain quicker and better access to basic goods and services. How much you can increase the speed and quality of ...
Posted 11 Dec 2019
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Gender - Sextortion is one of the most significant forms of gendered corruption and although women’s rights have advanced unevenly across the Middle East and North Africa, positive momentum has been building in the region over the last decade.
Posted 11 Dec 2019
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Politics and government - The Global Corruption Barometer – Middle East and North Africa 2019 reveals that leaders in the region are perceived as acting in their own self-interest at the expense of the citizens they are meant to serve. This has serious consequences for trust in democratic institutions.
Posted 11 Dec 2019
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In recent months, millions of people across North Africa and the Middle East have taken to the streets in protest against their governments.
Posted 11 Dec 2019
Environment - The connections between the climate crisis and corruption aren't always obvious, but unfortunately the two are deeply interlinked
Posted 05 Dec 2019
Transparency International - The TI Amalia Award recognises and celebrates professional excellence and impact by the anti-corruption fighters from the Transparency International movement.
Posted 17 Nov 2019
Politics and government - A common factor has underpinned mass protests in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon over the past two months: outrage over corruption and financial mismanagement by governments.
Posted 24 Oct 2019
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Poverty and development - As the World Bank holds its annual meetings in Washington D.C this week, Transparency International is calling for greater transparency, accountability and participation in the World Bank’s contribution to financing the 2030 Agenda.
Posted 14 Oct 2019
Media - "Fake news" has become a major threat to public trust in democracy and news media outlets over the past years. The fight against corruption is also affected.
Posted 08 Oct 2019
Civil society - Award-winning Serbian journalist Stevan Dojčinović was denied entry to the United Arab Emirates, where he was scheduled to speak on a panel at the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
Transparency International - In light of recent criticism by the Palestinian government, Transparency International affirms the validity of its Global Corruption Barometer methodology and stands by the results of its research into the views and experiences of corruption among Palestinian citizens.
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Surveys - A new report by Transparency International reveals that only 28 per cent of citizens in six countries in the Middle East and North Africa think their government is doing a good job at fighting corruption. In a region that has seen mass protests against corruption in 2019, two in every three (65 per ...
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Forestry - Following reports that the President of Zambia, his daughter and several high-ranking politicians are allegedly involved in the illicit trade in mukula wood, Transparency International calls for all competent authorities in Zambia to fully investigate the allegations and prosecute wrongdoing ...
Civil society - Transparency International condemns the intimidation and harassment of Edson Cortez, Executive Director of Centro de Integridade Publica (TI Mozambique), and his family. Any threats of violence against civil society representatives are completely unacceptable and demand the full attention of the ...
Surveys - Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, will release the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Middle East and North Africa (MENA), on Wednesday 11 December 2019 at 08:01 CET.
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Private sector - New investigations show the alleged role of a UK-based company formation agent in setting up and managing firms linked to fraud and criminal activity in multiple countries. Countries that rely on corporate service providers for identifying company owners and vetting their sources of funds are at ...
Politics and government - Media reports from the Czech Republic state that an audit report, recently finalised by the European Commission, has found the Prime Minister Babiš in a conflict of interest with the company he founded, Agrofert, and the non-agricultural EU funds it receives.
Civil society - Transparency International calls on the Georgian government to respect citizens’ right to peaceful assembly and to find a constructive way to reengage with civil society.
Transparency International - The 2019 Annual Membership Meeting of Transparency International has voted in favour of proposed reforms to the organisation’s structure, strengthening the anti-kcorruption coalition’s ability to face today’s global challenges. Three members of the Transparency International movement were ...
There can be no sustainable development where corruption thrives, yet it is all too easy to find examples of high-level public officials implicated in corrupt schemes resulting in the gross ...
16 Dec 2019
Ten years ago this week, on International Anti-Corruption Day 2009, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) released its Revised Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public ...
13 Dec 2019
In 2015, Sami Khalidi* was employed as a financial auditor in a Palestinian ministry when his work uncovered extensive embezzlement by officials. The perpetrators had disguised their fraud cleverly, ...
11 Dec 2019
Kamal Alamy’s* anxiety increased with the heat of the day. His 11-year-old daughter, who is partially blind, had injured her head and urgently needed a brain scan. It was a hot, sticky ...
11 Dec 2019
In Palestine, like many other Arab countries, prevailing cultural and societal values do not differentiate between legitimate assistance on one hand and wasta, a form of corruption, on the other. ...
11 Dec 2019
This week we are in Madrid, at the UN Climate Change Conference COP25, where the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement are trying to agree on ways to reduce emissions and tackle ...
06 Dec 2019
Forests are key to life. Covering close to a third of the Earth’s surface, they provide food, shelter and livelihoods for millions. They protect biodiversity and are key to combatting climate ...
06 Dec 2019
Transparency International EU outraged at failure to break Council deadlock on tax transparencyIn a deeply disappointing move, EU Member States once again blocked legislation on tax transparency in ...
02 Dec 2019
Whistleblowers make great movie heroes. Lone, courageous, principled individuals taking on powerful forces from the inside to fight for justice, they have been the basis for roles in high-quality ...
28 Nov 2019
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