This handbook seeks to provide hands-on guidance to those contracting authorities and bidders who are willing to act for a more transparent public procurement market by pursuing an integrity pact. Moreover, it is aimed at providing additional information to all those who wish to know more about this anti-corruption tool.
Trade and competition are powerful drivers of growth, increased living standards and job creation. The G20’s growth strategies include reforms to facilitate trade by lowering costs, streamlining customs procedures, reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens and strengthening trade-enabling services.
Customs have significant responsibilities for regulating cross-border trade, including collecting taxes, deterring illicit trade, controlling goods subject to prohibitions or restrictions, and contributing to economic competitiveness by facilitating trade.
This guidebook provides information on the recent legal developments, voluntary initiatives, and emerging best practices in the areas of encouraging reporting, making disclosures and protecting staff who are prepared to speak up when malpractice occurs within a company. The term “whistleblowing” has been avoided in this publication as it has developed negative connotations in some countries and is associated with the act of reporting to external authorities or media, without prior warning given to senior management.
This guide is designed to help companies meet the legal, competitive, economic and ethical challenges posed by corruption as they do business around the world. Information in this Guide is intended for use by business but may also be of interest to governments and other organizations concerned about reducing corruption.
This document is a detailed compilation of information about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), its provisions, and enforcement. It is the product of extensive efforts by experts at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in addition to input from the Departments of Commerce and State.
This video explains how to use the CONSULTA AMIGABLE online resource to monitor budget execution in Peru. The video was produced by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru in collaboration with the Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme in Peru and Basel Institute on Governance through its Peru office.
The video is currently only available in Spanish.
This video explains how to use the INFOBRAS online resource to monitor the use of public resources in Peru. The video was produced by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru in collaboration with the Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme in Peru and Basel Institute on Governance through its Peru office.
The video is currently only available in Spanish.
This video explains how the Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme in Peru, funded by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) and implemented by the Basel Institute on Governance through its Peru office, is helping regional and provincial governments in Peru to improve their budget management.
The video is currently only available in Spanish.
The results of Public Expenditure and Accountability evaluations for 11 Peruvian regions and provinces were presented at the event "Gestión de las Finanzas Públicas. Evidencia internacional, nacional y subnacional" (Public Finance Management. Evidence at the international, national and sub-national levels), organised by the Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) and the Basel Institute of Governance.
These Public Expenditure and Accountability (PEFA) evaluation reports are the results of a joint project carried out by evaluators, authorities and regional government officials to systematically measure the quality of public finance management in different regions of Peru.
The quality control process followed for the preparation of this report complies with all the requirements of the Secretariat for the Public Expenditure and Accountability Program (PEFA) in Peru.