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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. One of the most recent examples is an indicator that analyzes providers with connections among them (to identify collusion which is widespread in the country according to Pimentel).

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2024 PAW: Going after the Arbitrators – The Criminalization of International Arbitration Proceedings

Kluwer Arbitration

undisclosed relationships between parties, law firms or entities that may be seen as an exchange of “favours” or benefits), to acts of bribery and collusion. Corruption of arbitrators can take various forms, ranging from bias and conflicts of interest (e.g.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

I will not focus on the detail of procurement rules, which is better left to in-depth analysis (eg Arrowsmith [2014] and [2018] , Steinicke and Vesterdorf [2018] , or Caranta and Sanchez-Graells [2021] ). Regulation in the EU and the UK , vols 1 & 2 (3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2014 and 2018).

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The Future of Tax Administrations Lies in the Intelligence Generated by Big Data

Inter-American Development Bank

Stages of Tax Administration, Key Components, and Milestones Source: Barreix and Zambrano (2018) The Potential of a Data Agency within the Tax Administration The creation of a data agency will allow tax administrations to deepen tax control.

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