Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Tech for procurement / India CBI mandates / AIIB's transparency deficit

Disrupting corruption in government purchases in ASEAN (Opinion).  “If policymakers, practitioners, business leaders and citizens are ultimately successful in matching the new generation of technologies...with the ultimate goal of maximizing social benefit through the reduction…of corruption, this could make all the difference to the lives…of men and women in…socities worldwide.”  

Brook Horowitz and Mark Lovatt/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2020/10/22/disrupting-corruption-in-government-purchases-in-asean.html

 

Maharashtra Ends Blanket Consent To CBI Probes In Clash Over Ratings Case.  “The Maharashtra [state] government's move also comes hours after the [Central Bureau of Investigation] filed a case to investigate the ratings scam on the basis of a complaint filed in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh.”

NDTV: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maharashtra-withdraws-blanket-consent-to-cbi-to-probe-cases-in-the-state-2313870  

 

The AIIB’s Transparency Deficit (Opinion).  “Transparency and public participation are paramount in mitigating the environmental and social risks of large-scale infrastructure projects. But the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank [AIIB] is not heeding the message, even as the climate emergency and irreversible biodiversity loss reach critical levels.”

Korinna Horta and Wawa Wang/Project Syndicate: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-environmental-social-risks-by-korinna-horta-and-wawa-wang-2020-10  

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