NGO: Venezuela is the most corrupt country in Latin America

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If any of these government agencies that finance TI were to carry out this project directly, they'd have to be working on the basis of a bilateral agreement. The countries they are working in would have to be kept informed about and approve what they are doing. The donor states and their agencies don't have an "integrity" problem when asked to open the books on such bilateral projects, on the contrary, it is a requirement that what they do is open and transparent to partner countries.

Why should it be any different for TI?

Because they falsely label themselves a "non"-governmental organization? They are not, it's a multilateral technical assistance project without formal approval.

http://www.transparency.org/whoweare/accountability/who_supports_us/1/

Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECID)
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Comunidad de Madrid
Department for International Development (DFID)
Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Financial Mechanism Office (FMO), EEA and Norway Grants
French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Irish Aid
Kingdom of Belgium Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
The Office of The National Anti-Corruption Commission, Thailand
US Agency for International Development

Also interesting in this context:

Foreign Agents Registration Act

The act requires people and organizations that are under foreign control ("agents of a foreign principal&quot to register with the Department of Justice when acting in any capacity, even if only indirectly controlled, on behalf of a foreign principal. It also requires periodic disclosure of all activities and finances.