-Pacific countries and countries party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention attended this ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and … Return of the Proceeds of Corruption”. …

Prosecution of corruption is a particularly difficult endeavor and successes in this field still too rare. The … technically not apt to deal with complex crimes such as corruption in an appropriate manner. Considering the need for capacity … Plan, the ADB/OECD Initiative organized a master training seminar on Effective Prosecution of Corruption. This document …

This paper discusses some of the complementarities and trade-offs that the fight against collusion and corruption … session "Improving Effective Public Procurement: Fighting Collusion and Corruption" held at the 2012 Latin American and …

Lobbying can improve policy making by providing valuable insights and data, but it can also result in unfair advantages … for vested interests if the process is opaque and standards are lax. Lobbying is resource intensive. The financial … services sector in the United States spent USD 3.4 billion lobbying the federal government between 1998 and 2008, principally …

Integrity in Lobbying – the only international instrument addressing major risks in the public decision-making process related … to lobbying. The review process found that although there is an emerging consensus on the need for transparency to shed … light on lobbying, new regulations are often scandal-driven instead of forward looking. In countries that have regulations …

Lobbying, as a way to influence and inform governments, has been part of democracy for at least two centuries, and … remains a legitimate tool for influencing public policies. However, it carries risks of undue influence. Lobbying in the 21st … have made in implementing the OECD Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying. It reflects on new challenges and …