Tag: Transparency International

• Thursday, December 9th 2010 - 21:00 UTC

  One in four admit having paid bribes last year, says Transparency International

  

  Corruption has increased over the last three years, say six out of 10 people around the world, and one in four people report paying bribes in the last year. These are the findings of the 2010 Global Corruption Barometer, a worldwide public opinion survey on corruption, released on International Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December, by Transparency International (TI).

• Thursday, September 16th 2010 - 02:38 UTC

  Transparency demands more ‘anti-corruption’ action to fulfil development goals

  

  The global anti-corruption organisation Transparency International (IT), warns that the failure by governments to address corruption is threatening the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It calls on governments, donors and non-governmental organisations to adopt anti-corruption measures in all their MDG action plans in order to reach the goals in the next five years and sustain progress beyond the 2015 timeline.

• Friday, June 4th 2010 - 00:37 UTC

  Transparency International calls on OAS for strong anti-corruption action

  

  The urgent need to take anti-corruption from rhetoric to actions is a decisive challenge for the 33 heads of state meeting at the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) taking place from 6-8 June in Lima.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 04:41 UTC

  “Right to Know” Initiative on World Press Freedom Day

  

  A new global access to information initiative launched Monday to mark World Press Freedom Day, will test how easy (or not) it is to obtain information from 30 governments on their anti-corruption efforts.