{"id":33426,"date":"2024-03-28T23:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T04:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=33426"},"modified":"2024-03-28T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:39:37","slug":"tie-pieces-of-puzzle-for-better-corruption-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/tie-pieces-of-puzzle-for-better-corruption-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"Tie ‘pieces of puzzle’ for better corruption ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bahamas<\/p>\n

The Bahamas was yesterday urged to \u201ctie together\u201d all the initiatives it has undertaken to combat graft after it maintained its 30th spot in Transparency International\u2019s corruption perceptions index.<\/p>\n

Matt Aubry, the Organisation for Responsible Governance\u2019s (ORG) executive director, told Tribune Business that while it was \u201cgood to know we\u2019re not dropping\u201d this nation can improve its ranking by \u201cconnecting all the pieces of the puzzle\u201d underway in the bid to fight and reduce corruption.<\/p>\n

The Bahamas, with a score of 64, just maintained its position in the top sixth of 180 countries ranked by Transparency International and finished just a few places below the US. However, Barbados \u2013 as the only Caribbean state ranked higher than this country \u2013 continued to improve its score and ranking, although The Bahamas finished ahead of the likes of Spain, Portugal, Israel, Qatar and Italy.<\/p>\n

Mr Aubry, though, suggested to this newspaper that The Bahamas has the potential to join Barbados and improve its position in the Transparency International rankings by explaining to outside observers how initiatives such as the digitisation of government services; new procurement laws; the recently-debated Ombudsman Bill; and enactment of the Freedom of Information Act all link together to battle corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think the fact there\u2019s no indication of momentum is based on us not connecting all the pieces we\u2019ve put in place to have an impact,\u201d he argued. ORG, at its anti-corruption conference last year, had put together a detailed framework to map all the work that is being done and areas where there is still room for improvement, with the Government, private sector and civil society all playing their part.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been a number of indications of improvement,\u201d Mr Aubry said, pointing also to the Government\u2019s promises to reform the Public Disclosures Act and create and Integrity Commission. \u201cAll of these things have a day-to-day impact if we pursue them collectively,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing how these things can work is key. We\u2019ve heard before in The Bahamas that we work in silos and that\u2019s not just true in government but every sector.\u201d The ORG chief, though, asserted that there is significant value in reducing perceptions of corruption by improving this country\u2019s ranking in the Transparency International index.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt reduces the potential perception that still exists that there\u2019s prevailing corruption here,\u201d Mr Aubry told Tribune Business. \u201cIt still has a detrimental element in The Bahamas, it\u2019s important that we work against that. Tying these initiatives together can bring benefits in terms of reputation and also opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be more explicit talking about them. There\u2019s more to be done, but it shows we\u2019re building a good foundation.\u201d Mr Aubry acknowledged that ratings such as those of Transparency International are to be taken \u201cwith a grain of salt\u201d given that it was uncertain where the information had been obtained from, who had been interviewed and what benchmarks were being employed.<\/p>\n

Still, he added: \u201cThere\u2019s an opportunity to grow and build our reputation. When we put these things together, the perception of corruption can be reduced and there\u2019s important value in that. That benefits us all across the board.<\/p>\n

Presenting The Bahamas as a place of integrity brings immediate value and opportunity by encouraging local businesses to invest, local community members to believe the system works, and building a lot of attention and positive information related to external investors so they feel this is a place where they can come and build best practices rather than a place where you succeed if they don\u2019t pay attention to what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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