This study provides a systematic analysis of the existing practice in the area of asset declarations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and in some OECD member states in Western Europe and North America.

The Course of Action sets out a number of specific and concrete steps that the countries in the region will endeavour to undertake in their anti-bribery and business integrity efforts, and will serve as the main basis for future work of the Initiative.

Each country to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention regularly reports on monitoring and implementation efforts, which contain recommendations formed from rigorous peer-examinations of each country.

This Study contains a set of guiding principles and examples of best practices to support the implementation of the G20 commitment to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers.

The OECD Good Practice Guidance is addressed to companies for establishing and ensuring the effectiveness of internal controls, ethics, and compliance programmes or measures for preventing and detecting the bribery of foreign public officials in their international business transactions.

The OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials was adopted by the OECD in order to enhance the ability of the 40 States Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention to prevent, detect and investigate allegations of foreign bribery.

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention establishes legally binding standards to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions and provides for a host of related measures that make this effective.