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ASEAN Integrity Community

Transparency International calls on Southeast Asian governments to set up ASEAN Integrity Community

Transparency International today called on Southeast Asian governments to establish an ASEAN Integrity Community to protect against serious corruption risks.

Home to some of the richest, fastest-growing economies, as well as some of the planet’s poorest people, corruption continues to plague most ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. The average score for the ASEAN countries covered in Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index is 38 out of 100 (where 100 is very clean and 0 highly corrupt).

“The ASEAN Economic Community promises many benefits, but with greater economic integration comes new and larger corruption challenges for the region,” said Natalia Soebagjo, international board member of Transparency International and chair of Transparency International Indonesia. “If left unchecked, corruption not only risks jeopardising ASEAN’s collective goals, but becoming potentially an even greater problem for each member state and their people than it is today.”

Please, continue reading the call through this link: http://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/transparency_international_calls_on_southeast_asian_governments