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Malaysia Plans to Offer Whistleblower Awards as Part of New Anti-Corruption Strategy

Whistleblower Network News

On May 7, the Malaysian government launched its 2024-2028 National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a continuation of its 2019 National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that ended in 2023. billion) between 2018 and 2023. The country enjoyed comparatively marginal improvements, rising to 61st in 2022 and 57 in 2023.

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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

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” When he moved into his new role, he faced an uphill battle. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. And despite the reforms aimed at improving accountability, perceptions of corruption in public procurement remained high.

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A Governance Revolution or Costly Distraction? Reassessing the promises of blockchain for public procurement governance

University of Bristol

Blockchain’s touted tamper-proofness and potential to enable smart contracts are driving initiatives that seek to create automated ‘trust in trustless environments’ for public sector use cases , in particular concerning activities highly-exposed to corruption risks and/or the automation of administrative procedures devoid of discretion.

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2025 Canadian Trade Outlook: Trade Remedies

Import and Trade Remedies

The aim of the Market Watch Unit is described by the Government to protect Canadian industry from unfair trade practices and to ensure greater transparency and market predictability. Market Watch Unit In the 2024 federal budget , the Government of Canada proposed $10.5 are diverted to other markets. tariffs.

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The Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement Between the EU and Angola: A New Model for Investment Agreements?

Kluwer Arbitration

These policy objectives were already reflected in Angola’s National Development Plan for 2018-2022 , and were again reflected in the National Development Plan for 2023-2027. Second, the Agreement includes a set of ‘procedural’ obligations on Parties to enhance transparency and predictability in the application of measures.

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Treating Symptoms or Root Causes? The Draft Statute of an Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution

Kluwer Arbitration

But they also stem from structural problems – and for this reason, Working Group delegates have voiced concerns about costs throughout the reform process (see, for example, October-November 2018 Session Report , paras. 31-35; September 2022 Session Report , para.

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