Publications

Digital disclosure of political finance in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication • 06 November 2025

This study reviews the approaches to digital disclosure of political party and candidate finance in three regions.

The role of business in fighting impunity and corruption to protect environmental defenders

Publication • 20 October 2025

The paper offers a roadmap for action, urging businesses, policymakers, and investors to embed integrity beyond compliance and strengthen protections for defenders and…

Public Loans, Private Gains: Addressing corruption across the debt cycle

Publication • 04 September 2025

This working paper explores how corruption risks permeate every stage of the sovereign debt cycle – from contracting and management to restructuring.

Addressing corrupt uses of artificial intelligence

Publication • 17 June 2025

This working paper covers the corrupt use of AI in the public sector, proposing a definition, manifestations of corrupt use of AI, and a suite of recommendations.

Behind the badge: Understanding the roles, reach, and risks of fossil fuel industry participation in UN climate talks

Publication • 17 June 2025

This analysis explores how fossil fuel interests access and influence UN climate talks, and highlights the risks this poses to transparency and integrity.

Bringing the Receipts: Political Finance Transparency in the Western Balkans and Türkiye

Publication • 07 December 2023

This study analyses political finance regimes in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It identifies regulatory and enforcement…

Cover page of a Transparency International working paper, Tackling Grand Corruption Impunity: Proposals for a Definition and Special Measures

Tackling Grand Corruption Impunity: Proposals for a Definition and Special Measures

Publication • 06 September 2023

This working paper provides an extensive overview of measures that would be most effective in tackling grand corruption, relying on expert opinion and available evidence.

Paper's cover showing people's hands raised at a march

For the common good or private interests? People’s views of political integrity in the European Union

Publication • 28 September 2021

People in the EU perceive a widespread and systemic lack of political integrity.

Better Blending: Making the Case for Transparency and Accountability in Blended Finance

Publication • 18 December 2018

Governments and international organisations are increasingly advocating the use of blended finance to fill the “financing gap” between current commitments and target levels of…