Poroznuk, Amber2019-09-252019-09-252011-03-3020053935711158http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/177278Following the 2004 launch of Standards on Political Party Finance and Favours, TI convened a meeting of experts and practitioners in 2005 to identify how parties and candidates routinely bypass formal checks on political corruption. These include accounting tricks such as channelling donations through satellite branches of the party, splitting them into amounts just below the disclosure threshold and presenting blatantly false or doctored balance sheets. The fi ndings of the meeting are captured in two Policy Briefs released in 2005, which provide concrete recommendations to ensure that campaign fi nance regulations are effectively enforced. Shedding light on the most acute problems, TI’s national chapters help governments design laws and standards to even the fi eld by monitoring campaign spending in national elections. In Latin America, for instance, a project is underway to design ways to assess transparency in the funding of political campaigns. Another way in which national chapters are breaking ground is by exploring the effects of political corruption on regional and sub-regional governments. The national chapter in Uganda was able to document the pervasiveness of corruption at the local government level and the extent to which it affects decisions on the allocation of vital resources.Pages: 34engWith permission of the license/copyright holderglobalizationcorruptionAfrican countriesPolitical ethicsPeace ethicsDevelopment ethicsCommunity ethicsLifestyle ethicsBook