Measuring Integrity for Better Understanding and Tracking Corruption
- December 9, 2022
This brief summarises the key insights arising from the Expert ‘Think-Ins’ on Measuring Integrity which took place in October 2022. In this workshop, the participants explored why measuring integrity might be preferable to measuring the prevalence of corruption,
particularly at the level of organisations. Insights briefs are intended to be of primary use to organisations or researchers working on corruption measurement, countries currently developing tools or systems to measure corruption, and civil society.
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