Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials: A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure (Stolen Asset Recovery (Star) Series) (StAR Initiative) - Softcover

Rossi, Ivana Maria; Pop, Laura; Berger, Tammar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464809534 ISBN 13: 9781464809538

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of the rules and how to implement them in the socioeconomic, historical, and legal context of their own country. Little guidance is available to assist them. This book aims to fill that void and provide practitioners with practical scenarios to consider before deciding on a particular course of action. This book contains short chapters that elaborate each topic and provide clear guidance on the issues that policy makers and those involved in the implementation of financial disclosure obligations will need to take into account before making a decision. How do you decide who should file? And how often? On-line or in hard copy? And what exactly? Everything they own directly--or also those apartments they own indirectly? How should information in declarations be checked? Should it be shared with public? How accessible should it be? This is the sort of practical guidance that this book aims to provide.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464809534
• ISBN 13: 9781464809538
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150