Income and Asset Disclosure Systems : Establishing Good Governance through Accountability

Financial declarations or income and asset disclosures (IADs) are quickly becoming an important tool for anticorruption agencies and governments to fight corruption. IAD systems can play two important roles within a broader framework of good governance: prevention and enforcement. In an effort to discover how best to design and implement an IAD system, the analysis conducted suggests that countries ultimately must design a system that best complements the environment in which it will function. However, there are several key principles that policy makers and practitioners need to consider: limit the number of filers to improve the odds of success, set modest and achievable expectations, provide resources commensurate with the mandate, and prioritize verification procedures to align with available resources, and balance privacy concerns with public access to declarations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Burdescu, Ruxandra, Reid, Gary J., Trapnell, Stephanie E., Barnes, Daniel W.
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, ANTI-CORRUPTION, ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY, ANTICORRUPTION, ANTICORRUPTION AGENCIES, ANTICORRUPTION AGENCY, ANTICORRUPTION AGENDA, ASSET DECLARATION, ASSET DECLARATIONS, ASSETS, AUDITS, AUTHORITY, BANKS, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL SERVANTS, COMPLAINT, COMPLAINTS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, CORRUPT, CORRUPT OFFICIALS, COURT SYSTEM, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, DATA MINING, DECISION-MAKING, DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES, DISCLOSURE, DISCRETION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EQUIPMENT, ETHICS, FIGHTING CORRUPTION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FORMATTING, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES, GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INCOME, INITIATIVE, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INTEGRITY, INVESTIGATION, INVESTIGATIONS, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LEGISLATION, LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, MANDATES, MEASURING GOVERNANCE, MEDIA, MINISTERS, PATTERN RECOGNITION, POLITICIANS, PRESIDENCY, PROCUREMENT, PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ACCESS, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC SERVICE, RULE OF LAW, SANCTIONS, TAXATION, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES, THEFT, TRANSPARENCY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12400507/income-asset-disclosure-systems-establishing-good-governance-through-accountability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10175
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