https://www.oecd.org/publication/anti-corruption-and-integrity-outlook/2...
https://www.oecd.org/publication/anti-corruption-and-integrity-outlook/2...
This first edition of the OECD Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook analyses Member countries’ efforts to uphold integrity and fight corruption. Based on data from the Public Integrity Indicators, it analyses the performance of countries’ integrity frameworks, and explores how some of the main challenges to governments today (including the green transition, artificial intelligence, and foreign interference) are increasing corruption and integrity risks for countries.
Countries must take steps to address these data and implementation gaps. They also need to update and upgrade their integrity frameworks in the face of evolving corruption risks, related to the green transition, AI and foreign interference, to support economic growth, democratic governance and the public interest.
Integrity frameworks can be better implemented
OECD countries’ anti-corruption and integrity frameworks are improving, but there is a large implementation gap, meaning countries are open to corruption risk. Notably, OECD countries meet an average of 76% of OECD criteria on conflicts-of-interest regulations, but only 40% on practice. Similarly, countries meet 67% of criteria on corruption risk management and audit, but only 33% on practices.
Countries are not collecting and disclosing enough data to support implementation of their integrity frameworks
A lack of effective monitoring and data collection makes it impossible for countries to know whether their policies and processes actually mitigate corruption risk and improve integrity in practice. It also prevents businesses and citizens from accessing useful information about governments’ efforts to curb corruption. And yet, only 12 OECD countries collect data on whether recommendations by internal auditors are followed by public organisations. Similarly, countries are not adequately tracking submissions of required interest declarations. And only nine countries track what jobs senior office holders take upon leaving public office, potentially exposing them to conflicts of interest. Although the OECD Public Integrity Indicators are addressing this data gap, strengthening national data collection efforts is crucial.
