It’s not just the performance of Bhutan alone, but also others at the top of the index list such as Denmark, Sweden, and New Zealand, that provide cues on what countries could and should do to better address the corruption problem. Of course, advice on how to reduce corruption is as difficult to implement as it is easy to give. There is no dearth of such free advice. Transparency International itself highlights the need for citizens to band together and hold to account governments and government officials. Provisions for whistleblowing enable individuals that see corruption to make public the misdeeds. Access to information on how much funding is to be distributed by public officials for food stamps, rice vouchers, or social protection, or even how much money has been allocated by the central government for specific development activities in a town or village enables the beneficiaries to hold to account the officials for the allocation and use of the funds. — blogs.adb.org/blog