Dec
2012
Making sure that bribes don’t pay
Opinion by Mark Pieth and Huguette Labelle in TrustLaw – 17 December 2012
Perceptions of corruption in emerging economies persist
Opinion by Susan Côté-Freeman in World Economic Forum – 7 December 2012
The UN asks what we think – but will they listen?
Flashback to 2000. The United Nations and its member states gathered in New York to embark on a new century that was free from poverty and flush with prosperity. They set out a long list of commitments that they thought would end poverty within 15 years. Their pledges helped to re-energise efforts to fight poverty [...]
Posted on 15 Jan 2013 by Craig Fagan
Zero integrity in Slovenian politics
Thousands of Slovenians have been taking to the streets to protest corruption. At the time of high public distrust in politics and rule of law, scandal is purring oil on the fire.
Posted on 14 Jan 2013 by Vid Doria
Haiti’s hard road to recovery
In the three years since the devastating earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed much of Haiti’s infrastructure we have had to contend with two cyclones, a cholera epidemic and a drought that currently threatens our food security. No wonder Haitians and donors are suffering from reconstruction fatigue when too often the small [...]
Posted on 12 Jan 2013 by Marilyn Allien
Jan
2013
4 Oportunidades y 4 Desafíos para El Gobierno Abierto en América Latina
Adaptado del discurso de Zoë Reiter, Gerente de Programas Regionales de Transparency International, en la Reunión Regional de Gobierno Abierto (OGP) en Santiago, Chile el 10 de Enero de 2013. El discurso completo puede encontrarse aquí. En términos generales, sabemos que el año que recién termino fue un año positivo en muchos aspectos. Importantes indicadores [...]
Posted by Zoe Reiter
Cleaning up public procurement in the Czech Republic
When the phone rang, it was clear the caller was scared. He worked in the government, he said. He had information on a huge public tender that he needed to share. He had tried to complain to his superiors about the bidding process, but they had rebuffed his allegations. Now he wanted to speak out, [...]
Posted on 09 Jan 2013 by David Ondracka
Young Hungarians waking up to corruption
Transparency International Hungary is starting to build a new, committed, young audience, who is ready to listen and take action against corruption. This community aims to provide a platform for those concerned with and willing to fight against corruption. Anyone who values transparency and is not willing to idly watch abuse of power or corruption can [...]
Posted on 07 Jan 2013 by Emese Hortobagyi
Walking for a corruption free Malaysia
On December 9, our movement and activists around the world came together to celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, our chapter organised a public walk against corruption.
Posted on 03 Jan 2013 by Melissa Ong
Looking back makes the outlook for corruption fighting bright
It was late 1992 and Peter Eigen was putting the finishing touches to plans that would see the launch of Transparency International in 1993. For several years Eigen, then a veteran World Bank senior official, had been waging a campaign inside the Bank and across the development aid community to build understanding of how corruption [...]
Posted on 31 Dec 2012 by Frank Vogl
Dec
2012
From international award winner to a man on the run: the courage of an investigative journalist
One month ago as Mauri König accepted the 2012 Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Press Freedom Award at a gala dinner in New York, he said he was thankful to be free and alive and expressed his concern for his co-recipients from China and Kyrgyzstan who remained in prison. Today König is in hiding with [...]
Posted by Alejandro Salas
La OEA: ¿Refleja y pone en práctica la integridad que predica a sus estados miembros en sus propias políticas?
La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) es la organización líder a nivel regional para los países del norte, centro y sur de América, así como los del Caribe. Desde sus orígenes, en 1948, ha sido pionera en promover la cooperación en la lucha contra la corrupción, hasta desarrollar el primer instrumento internacional al respecto: [...]
Posted on 27 Dec 2012 by Guest Author
