ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Knowledge, Commitment, Action against Corruption in Asia and the Pacific


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Under which it proliferates. They know first hand that corruption jeopardizes security and economic growth, perpetuates poverty, and exacerbates social inequities. The knowledge has prompted the governments of more than half the world's population ...







ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Denying Safe Haven to the Corrupt and the Proceeds of Corruption


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This book captures the legal and practical challenges of mutual legal assistance and extradition, as well as solutions for improvement, discussed during a March 2006 training seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Experts from 26 Asia-Pacific countries ...




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Fighting Bribery in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific


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This conference proceedings compiles the experience that experts from Asian and Pacific countries – as well as beyond the region – shared during a seminar on Fighting Bribery in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific held in Bali in November 2007.




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Strategies for Business, Government and Civil Society to Fight Corruption in Asia and the Pacific


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This conference proceedings explores (i) incentives for anti-corruption reform; (ii) the role of criminal law standards and corporate compliance mechanisms; (iii) private-to-private corruption; (iv) preventing and managing conflicts of interest and (v)involving development partners.




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Asset Recovery and Mutual Legal Assistance in Asia and the Pacific


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Asian-Pacific countries have made significant efforts to address weaknesses in their procurement frameworks and practices. To support these efforts and to assist the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative’s 28 member countries in strengthening their ...




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Anti-Corruption Policies in Asia and the Pacific Legal and Institutional Reform in 25 Countries


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Over the last decade, societies have come to realize the extent to which corruption and bribery have undermined their welfare and stability. Governments, the private sector, and civil society alike have consequently declared the fight against ...




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific


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Corruption in public procurement has become a major issue in the Asia-Pacific region as elsewhere in the world. As a result of corruption, private mansions are being built instead of bridges; swimming pools are dug instead of irrigation systems ...




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Mutual Legal Assistance, Extradition and Recovery of Proceeds of Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: Frameworks and Practices in 27 Asian and Pacific Jurisdictions – Final Report


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The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the legal and institutional framework for extradition and mutual legal assistance in corruption cases in 27 of the 28 jurisdictions which have endorsed the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for ...




ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Effective Prosecution of Corruption


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Prosecution of corruption is a particularly difficult endeavor and successes in this field still too rare. The detection rate is often low due to the lack of verifiable information that is received from public servants or other citizens. Particular ...