Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure

Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of the...

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Main Authors: Rossi, Ivana M., Pop, Laura, Berger, Tammar
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
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spelling okr-10986-257352021-06-08T12:08:51Z Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure Rossi, Ivana M. Pop, Laura Berger, Tammar STAR INITIATIVE CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION TRANSPARENCY GOVERNANCE financial disclosure asset declaration illicit enrichment conflict of interest public officials integrity Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of the rules and how to implement them in the socioeconomic, historical, and legal context of their own country. Little guidance is available to assist them. This book aims to fill that void and provide practitioners with practical scenarios to consider before deciding on a particular course of action. This book contains short chapters that elaborate each topic and provide clear guidance on the issues that policy makers and those involved in the implementation of financial disclosure obligations will need to take into account before making a decision. How do you decide who should file? And how often? On-line or in hard copy? And what exactly? Everything they own directly—or also those apartments they own indirectly? How should information in declarations be checked? Should it be shared with public? How accessible should it be? This is the sort of practical guidance that this book aims to provide. 2016-12-13T16:39:44Z 2016-12-13T16:39:44Z 2017-01-13 Book https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/517361485509154642/getting-the-full-picture-on-public-officials-a-how-to-guide-for-effective-financial-disclosure 978-1-4648-0953-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25735 English en_US Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic STAR INITIATIVE
CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNANCE
financial disclosure
asset declaration
illicit enrichment
conflict of interest
public officials
integrity
spellingShingle STAR INITIATIVE
CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNANCE
financial disclosure
asset declaration
illicit enrichment
conflict of interest
public officials
integrity
Rossi, Ivana M.
Pop, Laura
Berger, Tammar
Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
relation Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Series;
description Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of the rules and how to implement them in the socioeconomic, historical, and legal context of their own country. Little guidance is available to assist them. This book aims to fill that void and provide practitioners with practical scenarios to consider before deciding on a particular course of action. This book contains short chapters that elaborate each topic and provide clear guidance on the issues that policy makers and those involved in the implementation of financial disclosure obligations will need to take into account before making a decision. How do you decide who should file? And how often? On-line or in hard copy? And what exactly? Everything they own directly—or also those apartments they own indirectly? How should information in declarations be checked? Should it be shared with public? How accessible should it be? This is the sort of practical guidance that this book aims to provide.
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author Rossi, Ivana M.
Pop, Laura
Berger, Tammar
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Pop, Laura
Berger, Tammar
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title Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
title_short Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
title_full Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
title_fullStr Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
title_full_unstemmed Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials : A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
title_sort getting the full picture on public officials : a how-to guide for effective financial disclosure
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2016
url https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/517361485509154642/getting-the-full-picture-on-public-officials-a-how-to-guide-for-effective-financial-disclosure
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