evidence: - First, making public officials’ assets public could jeopardize their privacy and expose them to all sorts of undesirable pressures, particularly given the abuse of social media and other means of information dissemination. One can imagine officials whose assets are known being targeted by their clans, villages, and family for failing to provided their personal resources for them when they need it—and this increased pressure on officials might actually increase the risk of corruption. (Of course, it’s also possible that public asset disclosures will reveal that a public official is less affluent than their family and village previously thought. But this probably wouldn’t alleviate the pressure on public officers, who are generally expected to take responsibility of their friends, families, clans, neighbors, etc.) The information contained in asset declaration forms will, in most cases, strengthen the often considerable pressure on public officers by calling attention to the resources at their disposal.