Southeast Asia: an overview

This article provides an overview of anti-corruption efforts in countries from Southeast Asia. Areas covered include: the influence of the economy, the nature and impact of the private sector; civil society, national effort to combat corruption as well as international efforts, for instance, the initiatives of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (ADB-OECD) Anti Corruption Plan for Asia and the Pacific, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering.