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Year of creation: 2006
Developed by: Business Anti-Corruption Portal
Description: Business Anti-Corruption Portal country profiles currently cover 60 developing countries and emerging markets and are regularly updated. Each country profile contains information on the different types of corruption that companies may encounter in the specific country. General information on each country is supplemented by specific data on corruption in different sectors and levels (ranging from corruption encountered in individual transactions with public authorities to corruption encountered by companies in relation to contracts and administration). The information presented in the profiles can be used as a supplement to the due diligence and integrity system tools offered free of charge on the Business Anti-Corruption Portal.
Key elements:
- 60 country profiles cover information on corruption in relation to the political, business and regulatory environment, as well as sector-specific corruption and public and private anti-corruption initiatives
- The information presented is both quantitative and qualitative
- Each country profile is regularly updated according to an update plan (minimum annually)

Year of creation: 2008
Developed by: Coordinated by the World Bank Institute, the coalition is made up of Grant Thornton member firms in Canada, the UK and US, Siemens, United Nations Global Compact, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Transparency International and Global Advice Network
Description: The Business Fighting Corruption web portal is designed as an interactive business-oriented resource centre targeted at providing tailored implementation resources for businesses and other stakeholders. The web portal contains, among many other resources, a collection of country-specific information related to corruption and anti-corruption.
Key elements:
19 country profiles covering both developed and developing countries Each profile contains a collection of anti-corruption-related resources, e.g. reports, business integrity pacts, and examples of collective action

Year of creation: 2004
Developed by: Global Integrity
Description: The Global Integrity Report started in 2004 and was updated to 2006-2008 versions. It serves as a tool for understanding governance and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level. Each report assesses the existence and effectiveness of as well as citizen access to key governance and anti-corruption mechanisms through more than 300 actionable indicators. It examines issues such as transparency of the public procurement process, media freedom, asset disclosure requirements, and conflicts of interest regulations. Scorecards take into account both existing formal legal measures and de facto realities of practical implementation in each country.
Key elements:
The country reports cover 83 countries, focusing primarily on developing countries and emerging markets, and 57 reports were updated in 2008 Each country assessment contained in the Global Integrity Report comprises two core elements: a qualitative Reporter's Notebook and a quantitative Integrity Indicators Scorecard, the data from which is aggregated and used to generate the cross-country Global Integrity Index
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