Mexico: Creates anti-corruption minister
in short On October 17, 2024, President Claudia Sheinbaum and the Head of the Minister of Public Administration announced A new model for preventing and combating corruption Minister of Public Administration transformed into Minister of Anti-Corruption and Good Government. This new entity will strengthen public administration through modernization, transparency and cooperation with different sectors, focusing on the prevention of corruption. This new model proposes a shift from a corrective to a preventive approach to combat corruption at its root causes. content Ten Pillars of Preventing and Combating Corruption transparency Transversality and outcomes According to President Scheinbaum’s announcement, the new Minister of Anti-Corruption and Good Government will work closely with the public, private and social sectors and will implement the following pillars of corruption prevention: Maintain the professional dignity of public officials through education and training preventive companionship institutions and protect priorities from the outset modernization Suppressing corruption in public administration consolidate Transparent public procurement at fair price proactive transparency Engage…
Asia Pacific Anticorruption Ranking 2023: Transparency
According to the 2023 Bribery Risk Matrix (TRACE Matrix) and Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (Texas Instruments Consumer Price Index). While both ranking systems have the same view of the lowest and highest risk countries, the TRACE matrix presents a slightly more positive view overall, ranking most Asia-Pacific countries as medium risk. In contrast, the TI CPI ranks most countries as high risk. Taken together, the two systems provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of risks and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region based on different methodologies and factors. TRACE considers only a quarter of the region’s countries to be high or very high risk, but two-thirds are at least medium risk. However, for the TI CPI, Asia-Pacific countries scored above the global average (45 vs. 43, as they have for the past four years), with more than half of countries considered high or very high risk, leading TI to describe the region’s scores as stagnant. The 2023 TRACE…