Doing Business Asia-Pacific / Anti-corruption-human rights compliance / Philippines local procurement

Doing Business 2020: Pace of Business Climate Reforms Slows in East Asia and Pacific Region.  “the region still underperforms in several areas, such as contract enforcement, where there is need for more widespread adoption of international best practices including alternative dispute resolution systems and the creation of specialized commercial courts.”

World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/10/24/doing-business-2020-pace-of-business-climate-reforms-slows-in-east-asia-and-pacific-region

 

Streamlining human rights and anti-corruption compliance (Blog).  “Companies can therefore integrate human rights issues into their compliance system by applying their existing anti-corruption mechanisms, such as risk assessments.”

Mirna Adjami/Basel Institute on Governance: https://www.baselgovernance.org/blog/streamlining-human-rights-and-anti-corruption-compliance

 

On the Road to a Better Procurement System in South Cotabato (Blog).  ““Making the procurement process more open and efficient will improve ease of doing business in South Cotabato, which in turn will attract more bidders to the bidding process,” says Zyra Fastidio from the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines.

Jolien van der Vaart/Open Government Partnership: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/stories/on-the-road-to-a-better-procurement-system-in-south-cotabato/