All posts tagged "anti-corruption"

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  How tech helps government departments improve the efficiency of fraud investigations

  Fraud, theft and misuse of government services costs the UK public sector more than £40 billion per year. But technology can help officials to analyse intelligence, pinpoint patterns of behaviour,

  • Posted November 23, 2020
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  Doing good with data: an interview with the Development Bank of Latin America’s Carlos Santiso

  Dr Carlos Santiso is no stranger to crisis response, having spent 25 years promoting democracy, strengthening governance and fighting corruption in emerging economies and fragile states. The scale of the

  • Posted July 10, 2020
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  Majority of countries showing little progress in tackling corruption

  Governments are still failing to deal with corruption of political systems by big money, according to an annual study ranking perceived public sector corruption levels of 180 countries worldwide. The

  • Posted January 29, 2020
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  South African officials to receive ‘lifestyle audits’ in anti-corruption drive

  South Africa’s Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Patricia De Lille, has announced that “lifestyle audits” will be carried out on all senior staff in her department, in a bid to

  • Posted August 1, 2019
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  Electronic cash registers boost Ethiopia’s tax revenues, finds bank report

  The Ethiopian government’s promotion of electronic tax registers has increased tax takes significantly, a new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has found. According to the bank, since the

  • Posted June 3, 2019
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  UK orders overseas territories to publish registers in tax evasion crackdown

  British Overseas Territories will have to reveal the identities of people who place money in companies within their borders, under a UK Parliament legislative amendment designed to crack down on

  • Posted May 3, 2018
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  Rising corruption costs Australia up to 4% of GDP, says think tank

  Australia’s slide down a global corruption ranking has cut the size of its economy by up to AUD$72.3bn (US$57bn), a Canberra think-tank has claimed. The country’s latest GDP figures could

  • Posted January 14, 2018
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  Malaysia’s civil servants urged to sign corruption pledge

  Malaysia’s anti-corruption tsar has challenged government bodies to join a programme that encourages civil servants to sign a pledge to remain free of graft. Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad, head of

  • Posted December 8, 2017
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  Tackling the foundations of corruption

  For years, anti-corruption activists have concentrated on improving enforcement and transparency. But critics of this approach argue that more systemic change is required: Gavin O’Toole learns why the ACE programme

  • Posted October 24, 2017
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  Malaysian anti-corruption agency calls for tough new laws

  Civil servants who lose public money through negligence or unethical practice should face criminal charges, according to a government agency charged with tackling corruption in Malaysia. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission

  • Posted September 11, 2017
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