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Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organisations: Minimising Fraud and Corruption in Projects (Contributions to Finance and Accounting) - Hardcover

Book 12 of 12: Contributions to Finance and Accounting

Smith, Duncan

 
9783030739157: Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organisations: Minimising Fraud and Corruption in Projects (Contributions to Finance and Accounting)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3030739155 ISBN 13: 9783030739157
Publisher: Springer, 2021

Synopsis

This book is an in-depth study of how to promote integrity and avoid fraud & corruption in the work of international organisations, in particular multilateral development banks, such as the European Investment Bank, World Bank, Asian/Inter-American/African Development Banks and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. A number of issues are reviewed, including procurement, compliance, corporate governance, business ethics, anti money laundering and a number of relevant case studies highlighted. In addition, effective methods and tools of prevention, proactive monitoring and detection are reviewed and, if misconduct is identified, sanctioning the perpetrators of such misconduct is discussed.

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About the Author

Duncan Smith is the Deputy Head of Fraud Investigations at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. He is currently responsible for policy, outreach, training and sanctions. He has undertaken many investigations and resolved numerous high-profile cases. Duncan previously worked in a similar role at the World Bank Investigations Unit in Washington DC and has been a member of the Secretariat of the Conference for International Investigators from 2001-17; he is a qualified barrister and prior to his international career, he worked in London at the DTI and Serious Fraud Office.

Duncan has given presentations to many different audiences including students, practitioners and others at the Sorbonne and Cambridge Universities, ECB, OECD, American & International Bar Associations and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.


From the Back Cover

This book is an in-depth study of how to promote integrity and avoid fraud & corruption in the work of international organisations, in particular multilateral development banks, such as the European Investment Bank, World Bank, Asian/Inter-American/African Development Banks and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. A number of issues are reviewed, including procurement, compliance, corporate governance, business ethics, anti money laundering and a number of relevant case studies highlighted. In addition, effective methods and tools of prevention, proactive monitoring and detection are reviewed and, if misconduct is identified, sanctioning the perpetrators of such misconduct is discussed.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3030739155
ISBN 13 
9783030739157
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
226