Offsets and corruption: daring questioning
Offsets, that consist, for an importing country, in imposing that a Government procurement be compensated by the creation of value in the country, are oftentimes suspected of enabling corruption schemes. However, available data do not reflect such reality. While, as all operations, those whose object it is to fulfill offset obligations must indeed account for risks of corruption, the disproportionate amount of attention this risk gathers leads to neglecting others, whose consequences may be potentially as harmful.