(1-VI-21) How can states better utilize peer reviews to combat corruption?

 

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In recent decades, states have increasingly used peer review mechanisms to evaluate their compliance with international anti-corruption commitments. However, the evaluations' findings are often underutilized, providing an opening for corruption to undermine political, judicial and electoral processes.
 

How can states better utilize peer reviews to combat corruption?
 

Piercing the Veil: Using Peer Reviews in the Fight Against Corruption
 

Made possible with support from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Institute’s Piercing the Veil: Using Peer Reviews in the Fight Against Corruption is a new guide for civil society organizations, international organizations, donors and other stakeholders looking to turn analysis into action.
 

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Authors: Phil Mason, Anti-Corruption Expert; Laura Stefan, Executive Director, Expert Forum
 


 

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