Income and Asset Disclosure Statements: No Anticorruption Magic Bulle

Income and Asset Disclosure Statements: No Anticorruption Magic Bullet by Rick Messick

For the second time in the space of a couple of months I find myself explaining to the leaders of an anticorruption agency that a program requiring senior officials to disclose their income, assets, and other details of their personal finances won’t end corruption or, for that matter, cure the common cold or otherwise solve all their nation’s ills.  There seems to be some kind of myth floating around the development community and at least some self-anointed anticorruption “experts” that such a program can by itself lead to the exposure of a great deal, if not all, of corrupt activity.http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/04/23/income-and-asset-disclosure-statements-no-anticorruption-magic-bullet/