We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social ...

From bribes to the use of personal connections, from vote-buying to sextortion, corruption takes many forms in Asia. In our latest Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Asia, citizens are well aware of ...

Public procurement, the process through which governments purchase goods and services from private companies, is an essential mechanism for effective governance and the public good, from ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of global ambitions agreed on by all United Nations (UN) Member States in 2015 as part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda. These 17 goals guide national efforts ...

Imagine reporting serious misconduct at work, expecting justice, and instead losing your job. That’s exactly what happened to Jan Benýšek, the head of the insolvency division at the Czech Ministry of ...

This year was the biggest election year in history. Around 2 billion people – close to a quarter of the world's population – cast their votes worldwide. Although elections were largely free and fair, ...

Cases of corruption rarely seem to be out of the news in Latin America and the Caribbean. Just in the last few years alone, several high profile cases have sent shockwaves through the region. However, ...

Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) is the specific right of Indigenous Peoples to decide on development projects that affect their collective rights. Indigenous communities’ approval of any such ...

An Integrity Pact is both a signed document and approach to public contracting which commits a contracting authority and bidders to comply with best practice and maximum transparency. A third actor, ...

Have you paid a bribe? Has corruption increased in your country? Is your government effectively tackling corruption? You have an opinion and that’s what we want the world to hear. Since its debut in ...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and businesspeople. The 2023 CPI analyses how ...