UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Community of Practice on Transparency, Accountability and Anti-Corruption

ADB participation in the UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Community of Practice on Transparency, Accountability, and Anti-Corruption is set on the first roundtable session, "Perspectives on anti-corruption trends and approaches in the Asia-Pacific Region." This session discussed donor and program partners’ experiences, strategies and analysis of anti-corruption context and trends in the Asia-Pacific region and their plans to address corruption issues in the region, and identified particular areas for partnership and cooperation with UNDP.

Integrity Perils of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

Advances in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are gaining significant attention across the development sector, but they may open new avenues for integrity risks and corruption. SDCC and OAI are promoting a balance between the hype and the future potential of these solutions versus the risks of corruption. ADB's Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Mr. Thomas Abell, presented on significant integrity risks associated with blockchains and cryptocurrencies that are often overlooked in development programs.

David Binns

Mr. David Binns joined the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) in June 2013 having previously worked with business risk consultancies RISQ Worldwide and Control Risks Group in the UK, Singapore, and Australia since 2002. He was a director of the RISQ Worldwide's UK office having been the Director of Operations in Singapore from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Binns joined Control Risks Group in Australia in 2002 as the Investigations Manager before moving to Singapore in 2004 where he was eventually promoted to Deputy Director for South and South East Asia.

Partnering to Promote Anti-Money Laundering Reforms in Mongolia

If an effective reform program were to successfully navigate the road from “current equilibrium” to the “desired equilibrium,” it may have to address four questions at the onset. The questions follow a cyclical process that starts with the identification of internal champions and grows wider to capture technocrats and key supporters in government, and the much wider realm of the private sector. This presentation features ADB’s anti-money laundering technical assistance project in Mongolia as a case example.

Jose Luis Syquia

Joel Syquia leads as a Principal Public Sector Specialist in ADB’s Sectors Department 3 – Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office (SD3-PSMG). He leads SD3-PSMG’s Strategy, Emerging Areas, and Knowledge team, and handles policy-based operations that introduce reforms in the areas of public financial management and fiscal sustainability, enabling environments for private sector development, climate and disaster resilience, state-owned enterprise reforms, and asset management.