Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (11 April 2020): PNG, Solomon Islands

Avoiding the wrong lessons on aid and corruption The paper’s finding that more aid dependent countries tend to see more leakage to corruption must also be interpreted with some care. 

  

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:  

Australia’s rescue package for PNG must tackle much deeper problems Australia needs to toughen up its approach to corruption, and especially the abuse of public money, which remain inadequately addressed by Prime Minister James Marape’s government, despite encouraging assurances. 

 

  

SOLOMON ISLANDS:  

Machetes in hand, women join forces to fight logging in Solomon Islands Despite such concerns, there is little political will to tackle the problem, and corruption is endemic in the industry, according to Ruth Liloqula, executive director of watchdog Transparency Solomon Islands. 

  

  

To know more about the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project please contact the team members: 

Annika Wythes, Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser, UNODC, annika.wythes@un.org 

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