Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Stocktaking of Business Integrity and Anti-bribery Legislation, Policies and Practices in Twenty African Countries Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

This book features the results of a stocktaking exercise of business integrity and anti-bribery policies for 20 countries in Africa.  It is the result of a collaborative initative between OECD and the African Development Bank.   Countries covered include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Table of Content :

Abbreviations
Executive summary
Introduction
Chapter 1. International and African regional initiatives to combat bribery of public officials in business transactions
-1. Introduction
-2. International initiatives
-3. African regional initiatives
-4. Main trends and areas for further development
Chapter 2. Bribery and related offences
-1. Introduction: Prohibiting bribery of public officials in business transactions
-2. Criminalisation of bribery
-3. Related offences
-4. Main trends and areas for further development
Chapter 3. Prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of bribery
-1. Introduction
-2. The role of specialised anti-corruption agencies
-3. Whistleblower protection
-4. Disclosure of income and assets of public officials
-5. Fighting bribery in business transactions by improving public procurement
-6. Fighting bribery through the recovery and return of proceeds of corruption
-7. Fighting bribery by making bribery a predicate offence to money laundering
-8. Other mechanisms for preventing and detecting bribery
-9. Investigation and prosecution: specialised anti-corruption agencies with investigative and/or prosecutorial powers
-10. Inter-agency cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of bribery
-11. Statistics
-12. Main trends and areas for further development
Chapter 4.Business integrity
-1. Introduction: The role of business in promoting business integrity and preventing bribery
-2. Accounting and auditing standards
-3. Promotion of standards for corporate integrity
-4. Main trends and areas for further development
Chapter 5.Participation of civil society and the role of the media
-1. Introduction
-2. The role of civil society organisations
-3. The role of the media
-4. Main trends and areas for further development
Chapter 6.Recommendations
-Recommendation I.: Strengthening anti-bribery legislation
-Recommendation II.: Strengthening the effective implementation of anti-bribery and related laws; promote co-operation across agencies; and increasing resources for the investigation and prosecution of bribery of public officials.
-Recommendation III.: Strengthening awareness of anti-bribery laws in government departments, agencies and other institutions
-Recommendation IV.: Strengthening means of detecting and reporting bribery of public officials
-Recommendation V.: Strengthening business integrity and accountability
-Recommendation VI.: Promoting the involvement of the public, civil society and the media
Annexes