Asia Regional Expert Meeting on Measuring the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies

  • Measuring ACA effectiveness should extend beyond operational outputs to include institutional capacity, organisational resilience, prevention outcomes, and societal impact.
  • Institutional self-assessment should be viewed as a continuous learning process that supports evidence-based decision-making and organisational improvement.
  • Prevention and integrity education require stronger outcome-oriented indicators capable of measuring behavioural and institutional change rather than activities alone.
  • Reliable measurement of anti-corruption effectiveness depends on stronger collaboration between ACAs and National Statistical Offices to improve the availability and quality of corruption-related data.
  • Digital technologies and AI present significant opportunities to strengthen investigations, risk detection, and performance measurement, while requiring appropriate governance, safeguards, and institutional capacity.
  • International cooperation and peer learning remain essential for addressing increasingly complex and transnational forms of corruption.
  • Measuring effectiveness should ultimately strengthen institutional credibility, improve public trust, and support continuous improvement rather than serve as a comparative ranking exercise.
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