It is widely understood that corruption is a serious threat to good governance and deters investment, and that fighting corruption is essential to the proper development of economic, political, legal and social systems. Working to prevent and combat corruption, including assurances of transparency and integrity is indispensable to strengthening the ability of a nation to build its capacity for enforcement, compliance and to attract investment. In general, the Asia region has continued to lead the way in many global regulatory and administrative reforms required to fight corruption.