2024 Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook
Elsa Pilichowski Director for Public Governance26 March 2024
There is a renewed urgency to address corruption risks
Corruption is harmful to societal prosperity and democracy
▪ deepens inequalities and weakens economic growth
▪ erodes the resilience and proper functioning of democracies
▪ affects the fabric of societies and lowers trust in government
A milestone in the fight against corruption based on actionable data
Quality of Strategy (8 indicators)
▪ Coverage
▪ Evidence-based problem analysis
▪ Public consultations
▪ Implementation
▪ Monitoring and evaluation
▪ […]
Accountability of public policy making (17 indicators)
▪ Conflict of interest, pre-/post-employment
▪ Lobbying
▪ Political finance
▪ Transparency of public information
▪ Legislative scrutiny and stability
▪ […]
Effectiveness of internal control and risk management (11 indicators)
▪ Internal control
▪ Internal audit
▪ Corruption risk management
▪ […]
Governments should build on existing progress to mitigate corruption risks
Over 2/3 of OECD countries have an anticorruption and integrity strategy
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators
Governments still need to close the implementation gap
Regulatory measures must be accompanied by proper implementation in almost all areas of integrity frameworks
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators
…as well as improve their data collection and monitoring efforts
What gets measured gets managed, but, for instance:
▪ Only 12 OECD countries collect data on whether recommendations by internal auditors are followed.
▪ Only 9 OCDE countries, including those with mandatory cooling-off periods, track the post-employment activities of senior public office holders, making it difficult to ensure compliance with revolving door rules.
Countries must ensure their integrity frameworks can withstand emerging risks
Artificial intelligence
Green transition
Foreign interference
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators
Current areas of focus of OECD countries’ anti-corruption strategies
Percentage of OECD anti-corruption strategies which contain strategic objectives in each of these areas
Thank you!
For more information on OECD’s work on integrity, please visit:
https://oe.cd/aci-outlook-2024
https://oe.cd/aci-perspectives-2024
