TI’s paper Digital Disclosure of Political Finance finds 75% of countries lack online reporting systems and urges searchable, linked databases to enhance transparency, oversight, and public trust

The study reveals that only a minority of countries publish donor information online — 14 out of 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean, seven out of 33 in Asia and the Pacific, and just one out of 51 in Africa. It emphasises that establishing searchable, machine-readable disclosure platforms and linking political-finance data with other public registers would significantly improve transparency and accountability in political…