Benchmarking for excellence : a comparative analysis of seven asian anti-corruption agencies
By: QUAH, Jon S T
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ArticlePublisher: Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, December 2009The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 31, 2, p. 171-195Abstract: Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) have been established in many Asian countries to tackle the problem of corruption. However, with the exceptions of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in Singapore and the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong, many Asian ACAs have been ineffective. What criteria should be used to evaluate their effectiveness? After analysing the functions of the ACAs in India, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand, this article recommends that their performance should be benchmarked according to 22 indicators. It concludes that benchmarking provides an ACA with an objective method for evoluating its performance by comparing it with the performance by introducing reforms to remove the weaknesses exposed by comparision with more effective ACAs in other countries.
Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) have been established in many Asian countries to tackle the problem of corruption. However, with the exceptions of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in Singapore and the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong, many Asian ACAs have been ineffective. What criteria should be used to evaluate their effectiveness? After analysing the functions of the ACAs in India, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand, this article recommends that their performance should be benchmarked according to 22 indicators. It concludes that benchmarking provides an ACA with an objective method for evoluating its performance by comparing it with the performance by introducing reforms to remove the weaknesses exposed by comparision with more effective ACAs in other countries.
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