What If? A Look at Integrity Pacts
This note examines the Integrity Pact (IP) methodology proposed by Transparency International to confront the problem of corruption in public procurement.
Preventing Corruption in Public Procurement
This 2016 OECD study covers:
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: A HIGH-RISK AREA FOR CORRUPTION
- Public procurement: A EUR 4.2 trillion business
- Corruption, the bane of public procurement
- The high cost of corruption in public procurement
- A myriad of integrity risks along the public procurement cycle
HOW TO ENHANCE INTEGRITY AND CURB CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Political influence in public procurement: balancing between legality and illegality
A PhD thesis by Mike Balthazar Beke looking at understanding the effect of the Integrity Pact as an anticorruption collective action tool for public procurement through the EU funds and the role of civil society organisations, businesses and contracting authorities in preventing corruption through collective action.
Taking Stock of Integrity Pacts: Impact and Impact Measuring
Notes for rapporteurs from a workshop on Thursday 16 November 2006 at the 12th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC).
Integrity Pacts: A Contractual Approach to Facilitate Civic Monitoring of Public Procurement
Public procurement is one of the highest risk areas for corruption. A public project contaminated with corruption is a recipe for disaster: ordinary citizens suffer from substandard facilities and services; competitive companies lose out when the bidding is rigged; and government money vanishes without making a difference. To rein in procurement corruption in, improving transparency and civic monitoring is vital.
Countering Procurement Corruption with Integrity Pacts: The Indian Experience
Corruption in government procurement is a massive problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. In an ideal world, measures to combat procurement corruption would include structural changes that would open up monopolies, break cartels, and enact rational, uniform, and effective procurement laws. Sadly, the potential effectiveness of these measures is matched only by the near impossibility of their implementation any time soon. We should continue to push for comprehensive structural solutions to the procurement mess, of course.
G20 Compendium of Good Practices for Promoting Integrity and Transparency in Infrastructure Development
Quality infrastructure supports sustainable growth, improves well-being and generates jobs. Recognising this, quality infrastructure is both an explicit goal and enabler of the 2030 sustainable development agenda.
Quick Guide 16: Gold laundering
Mark Pieth, Founder of the Basel Institute on Governance and author of the book Gold Laundering, offers an insight into the risks of human rights and environmental harms in gold supply chains. Where are the risks and responsibilities?
Collective Action with gold refiners, suppliers and other stakeholders, he concludes, can help to clean up the industry.
Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific: Progress and Challenges in 25 Countries
The member countries of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific attach high priority to the fight against corruption in public procurement. In July 2004, member countries of the Initiative decided to dedicate the Initiative’s first thematic review to curbing corruption in public procurement.
After ICAR training in Comoros, officers vow to put their new knowledge, skills and teamwork into practice
“Prior to this training, we thought we knew it all,” said a participant of an ICAR Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery training workshop in Comoros on 24–28 February. “But we have now realised that there is a lot we can improve on.”
Another senior participant stated that he will call a meeting of all officers under his supervision to apply the new knowledge of money laundering offences and financial investigation processes immediately to the team’s work.