Working in partnership is key to fighting corruption (Blog and Report). “The World Bank’s new report Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption… highlights the importance of complementing the traditional methods of dealing with corruption with advanced ones like GovTech, e-Procurement, Asset and Income Disclosure, and Beneficiary Ownership, which have been used in countries like Somalia, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ukraine and Romania, amongst others.”
World Bank: https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/working-partnership-key-fighting-corruption
Direct link to report: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/235541600116631094/enhancing-government-effectiveness-and-transparency-the-fight-against-corruption
Dominguez supports e-governance proposal. “[Philippine] Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III is throwing support behind the proposed measure seeking to digitalize all government agency services provided to the public…[he] said that Senate Bill (SB) No. 1738 or the “E-Governance Act of 2020” underscores the importance of switching to electronic governance to cut red tape, upgrade the delivery of services to the people and curb corruption in the system.”
Chino S. Leyco/Manila Bulletin: https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/28/dominguez-supports-e-governance-proposal/
Tracking the trillions: 6-month checkup on IMF’s COVID-19 emergency aid (Blog). “In exchange for emergency assistance from the IMF, most governments have committed to abide by basic transparency and good governance measures, such as publishing contracts and conducting independent audits…The IMF should not let its recent improvements make it complacent about corruption.”
Sarah Saadoun, M. Emilia Berazategui, and Simon Taylor/Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/tracking-the-trillions-6-month-checkup-on-imfs-covid-19-emergency-aid
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