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Assisting participating countries in identifying reform needs and assessing progress are central objectives of the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia Pacific and constitute an essential element of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative to strengthen the Asian and Pacific region’s anti-corruption frameworks. To this end, the Initiative's Steering Group has initiated different types of reviews of the member countries' legal and institutional frameworks and policies to fight corruption.
Based on self-assessment reports, these reviews aim to assist participating governments better understand the main challenges which their countries face, assess problems encountered in implementing anti-corruption policies, learn from their neighboring countries’ experience, and identify measures to further enhance anti-corruption efforts. The reports also serve as benchmarks to assess achievements under the Action Plan and to identify priorities for reform.
In this context, the endorsing countries regularly take stock of their legal and institutional frameworks to gain an overview of existing anti-corruption instruments and to identify emerging challenges. Based on the results from this stocktaking exercise, the Steering Group in 2004 launched a series of in-depth thematic studies, the first of which covers the countries' mechanisms to curb corruption in public procurement.
 Legal and institutional frameworks for fighting corruption
 Mechanisms to curb corruption in public procurement
 Mutual legal assistance and extradition in corruption cases
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