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Daniel Kaufmann, president and executive director of the Institute of Governance of Natural Resources, visited the University of Murcia on Thursday to give a conference entitled 'The challenge of the quality of governance', which took place in the Faculty of Law of the University of Murcia.
Kaufmann has visited Murcia invited by the UMU and the Council of Transparency, through the Open Chair for Innovation and Participation.
Kaufmann, former director of the World Bank Institute and creator of global governance indicators, has argued that the transparency of institutions is the best way to prevent and combat corruption.
According to his experience, "no government can be a perfect auditor of the public sector, or control every detail of each contract, for example, what transparency does is that all citizens can also become auditors in some way".
The Chilean economist has also referred to the importance of regulating transparency rules on issues such as the financing of political parties and electoral campaigns, something essential, he stressed, to avoid possible influence peddling.
Kaufmann considers that the situation of Spain in terms of the quality of the governance of its institutions has improved a lot in recent decades and is not in a bad situation, although it has pointed out that the position occupied by Spain is similar or even lower than that of some emerging countries.
Regarding the world political situation, Kaufmann explained that in a context of political changes, with climate change as a global challenge and other trends, governments should consider changes in the governance of their institutions to adapt, despite the fact that General trend is to resistance to changes.
Kaufmann has reported that all international studies and analyzes show that "corruption is not an issue that is related to ideologies, the difference between the left and right in terms of corruption is non-existent."
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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