Income and Asset Disclosure : Case Study Illustrations
The requirement that public officials declare their income and assets can help deter the use of public office for private gain. Income and asset disclosure (IAD) systems can provide a means to detect and manage potential conflicts of interest, and...
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| Format: | Publication |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17688739/income-asset-disclosure-case-study-illustrations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13835 |
| Summary: | The requirement that public officials
declare their income and assets can help deter the use of
public office for private gain. Income and asset disclosure
(IAD) systems can provide a means to detect and manage
potential conflicts of interest, and can assist in the
prevention, detection, and prosecution of illicit enrichment
by public officials. Growing attention to anticorruption
policies, institutions, and practices has led to increased
interest in financial disclosure systems and the role they
can play in supporting national anticorruption strategies
and in helping to instill an expectation of ethical conduct
for individuals in public office. IAD systems are also a key
element in the implementation and enforcement of provisions
of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and
other international anticorruption agreements. This
attention has sparked interest among policy makers and
practitioners in the design features and implementation
practices that make for effective financial disclosure
administration. The case studies collected in this volume
are intended to profile a range of systems and practices to
help respond to this growing interest. |
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