The issues of anti-corruption and good governance in Southeast Asia: As a working agenda of Asean Community.

Abstract

Governance and corruption are closely interlinked. There is a reciprocal relationship between corruption and governance. The World Bank underlines that corruption undermines good governance, and bad governance produces corruption. Corruption and governance issues have become a serious concern in Southeast Asia countries. Conditions of such massive corruption in some countries in ASEAN make the issue of corruption in the region always wrapped around the development process. The Scores of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in most of the ASEAN member countries are relatively poor, except Singapore and Brunei. The viral of corruption in every country can influence bad governance system and human development index in not good. This paper outlines the issues of corruption and governance as a workin agenda of ASEAN towards APSC 2015. It is important to have strategic steps in fighting corruption and achieving good governance that must be taken by each ASEAN member by imitating on best strategies undertaken by neighboring countries. The roles of ASEAN as a cooperation organization in the ASEAN region should be able to be a bridge to the creation of the ASEAN region free from corruption through promoting strengthening of anti-corruption institution.