Corruption costs (Editorial). “A recent report gives an indication of the extent of the problem. At last week’s congress of the construction industry, an official of the economic think tank and advocacy group REID or Research, Education and Institutional Development Foundation disclosed that corruption and delays eat up from 15 to 35 percent of the budget per project of construction companies… Contractors are pinning their hopes for reforms on the effective implementation of laws promoting ease of doing business.”
The Philippine Star: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/01/13/1984292/editorial-corruption-costs
Concerns raised over 2020 regional elections amid KPU graft case. “A recent graft case involving a top official of the General Elections Commission (KPU) has raised concerns over the upcoming simultaneous regional elections [in Indonesia] scheduled for September 2020.”
The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/12/concerns-raised-over-2020-regional-elections-amid-kpu-graft-case.html
Auditor-General Raises Concerns That Yangon MPs Can’t Properly Debate Govt Spending Without Her Full Report. “The auditor-general of Yangon has voiced displeasure at only being allowed to submit a partial report on the Yangon government’s spending to the regional parliament, rather than the full one, raising concerns about whether lawmakers are being denied the information they need to properly scrutinize the government’s spending.”
Kyaw Phyo Tha/The Irrawaddy: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/auditor-general-raises-concerns-that-yangon-mps-cant-properly-debate-govt-spending-without-her-full-report.html
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