Much anti-corruption work focuses on identifying corruption that already exists. A different approach proves more preventive: helping enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in organizations. That is the method used by Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas, who joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss the award-winning work being done by the Private Sector Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption (KAKI), launched in September 2020 in partnership with CIPE.

A former commissioner with Indonesia's world-renowned Commission for the Eradication of Corruption (KPK), Pak Erry shares his vision for KAKI. KAKI’s aim is to function as a unique platform that helps the private sector and government prevent corruption. Listen now to hear Pak Erry explain how KAKI provides companies with anti-bribery and anti-fraud expertise and raises integrity standards to avoid facing corruption investigations by the KPK down the road. This episode is co-hosted by ACGC Director Frank Brown and Cynthia Gabriel, CIPE’s Senior Anti-Corruption Advisor based in Kuala Lumpur.

Charles Dunst, Deputy Director of Research & Analytics at The Asia Group, a Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Contributing Editor of American Purpose, joins Jennifer Anderson, Senior Program Officer for CIPE's Asia & Pacific team to discuss his new book, "Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman," which can be found here: http://linktr.ee/defeatingthedictators

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In his new book, Dunst writes about how the world is experiencing the lowest levels of democracy in over thirty years. Autocracy is on the rise and may appear to be an attractive option to many. Dictators disrupt democratic foundations from both within and abroad and make those who are disillusioned with current institutions think that authoritarianism could deliver them a better life than democracy could. In this episode, Dunst and Anderson discuss how to combat institutional rot, the relationship between democracy and autocracy, why citizens should be more engaged and interested, and more.