Thailand infrastructure transparency / Sustainable public procurement / Grand corruption and democracy

How Thailand is cutting infrastructure costs with transparency.  “The more public participation, the more transparency there is, [Pattaraporn Vorasaph, Deputy Director of Thailand’s Comptroller General’s Department] says. “We can reduce corruption because we publish everything that the public wants to know, and they can audit for us.” Citizens can also call or email the team if they find something wrong or suspicious.”

Shirley Tay: https://govinsider.asia/smart-gov/comptroller-generals-department-pattaraporn-vorasoph-how-thailand-is-cutting-infrastructure-costs-with-transparency/

 

Waking the Trillion-Dollar Giant: Sustainable Public Procurement and the 2030 SDG Agenda (Resource).  “Is it reasonable to expect companies inside China to comply with foreign laws that can’t be enforced against them? The [U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control] trade sanctions, anti-money laundering rules, and so on?...”

Carsten Hansen/Green Growth Knowledge Platform: https://greengrowthknowledge.org/research/waking-trillion-dollar-giant-sustainable-public-procurement-and-2030-sdg-agenda

 

How Grand Corruption Threatens Liberal Democratic Institutions (Blog).  “First, unchecked grand corruption within a democratic system can lead to a loss of citizen confidence in liberal democracy…Second, a regime with an anti-democratic/anti-liberal agenda can use corrupt means to subvert checks and balances…Third, a corrupt administration may be especially reluctant to cede power, both because the administration’s leaders and cronies will lose their illicit revenue streams,”

Matthew Stephenson/The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/11/12/how-grand-corruption-threatens-liberal-democratic-institutions/