In March 2007, TI completed a project to conduct National Integrity System (NIS) country studies in Asia, including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as a Regional NIS Overview Report.

The studies aim to provide credible and useful benchmarks measuring both the extent of corruption and the effect of anti-corruption programmes. Such benchmarks indicate whether anti-corruption efforts are succeeding, whether tools or programmes used in the fight against corruption are effective and where efforts need to be directed to address deficiencies.

Using highly regarded methodology developed by Transparency International (TI) with leading academics in Australia and the United Kingdom, country studies have been conducted in nearly 60 countries, including 30 countries from the Asia Pacific region. These studies are freely available to all on the TI and other websites.

For further information on the studies included in this project, please go to our in focus section or see the table below:

For more information, please contact the project administrator.