Lessons from Asia
Based on a comparative analysis of five Asian countries (India, Hong Kong, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Singapore), Professor Jon S. T. Quah of the National University of Singapore, draws six lessons for designing successful anticorruption efforts:
• Commitment by the political leadership is crucial.
• A comprehensive strategy is more effective.
• The anticorruption agency itself must be incorruptible.
• The anticorruption agency must be removed from police control.
• Opportunities for corruption in vulnerable agencies must be reduced.
• Corruption can be reduced by raising salaries, if a country can afford to do so.