The problem of corruption has been occupying the minds of policy makers, analysts and the public all over the world for quite some time now. In the EU, it has been on the agenda since the mid 1990s, the focus on it possibly sharpened by the two latest waves of enlargement.
The policy paper provides overview of the evolution of the EU anti-corruption agenda and the practices in monitoring and measuring corruption. It also provides recommendations for the development of an EU competence in measuring corruption, including a corruption measurement facility for the EU.