Facilitation payments are payments made to secure or expedite the performance of a routine governmental action to which the payer is in effect entitled. Qualified as a form of bribe in many jurisdictions, such payments are widely considered as detrimental to society as they undermine the rule of law and fair competition. The Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities (NCPA) released practical guidelines to help businesses address this key issue and thereby uphold public integrity in the countries where they operate.