Making records open does not always make them useful

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Originally published on GI-ACE  On 12 May 2016, Prime Minister David Cameron hosted a ‘landmark’ international anti-corruption summit in London at which invited countries made pledges about future anti-corruption efforts. Nigeria made many such commitments, including eight on increasing the transparency of beneficial ownership (BO).  Of these, perhaps the most publicised was its commitment to establishing a…

What we have learnt from the UK’s unexplained Wealth Order legal cases

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Originally published on GI-ACE Many research projects have fallen foul of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, while others have been adapted, with video conferencing replacing face-to-face meetings. Luckily for our project – examining the ‘enablers’ of money laundering in banking and real-estate transactions – a large part of it involves desk-based research. The focus for us…

files money credit cards ledgers magnifying glass signifying search to understand offshore financial secrecy jurisdictions

Does transparency bring cleanliness? Offshore financial secrecy reform and corruption control

Anti-Corruption, Financial Accountability, Fiscal Governance, Fiscal Transparency, Follow the Money, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Money Politics TransparencyLeave a comment

This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…

Gathering water in India where road has not been completed

Are top-down audits complements or substitutes to social audits?

Anti-Corruption, Financial Accountability, Fiscal Governance, Fiscal Transparency, Follow the Money, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Money Politics Transparency, Open Governance, State IntegrityLeave a comment

This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…

procurement red flag indicators on red post-its with desk and office background

Using ‘red flag’ indicators to identify corruption and analyse reform efforts in the procurement process

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This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…

Nigerian currency

Hiding the beneficial owner and the proceeds of corruption

Anti-Corruption, Financial Accountability, Fiscal Governance, Fiscal Transparency, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Money Politics Transparency, Political FInance, State IntegrityLeave a comment

This is one in a series of blogs authored by researchers supported by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. The overarching objective of the GI-ACE programme is to support world-class multidisciplinary research to inform the development of more effective policies and interventions that will help reduce corruption in developing countries and address its negative…