Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption offers an assessment of the challenges governments face in tackling corruption, what instruments tend to work and why, and how incremental progress is being achieved in specific country contexts. It is a comprehensive report covering sectors, tools and institutions that are key in the area of anti-corruption and can be a resource for many stakeholders.
The report draws on the collective experts of staff across the World Bank to develop ways for enhancing the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies in selected sectors and through targeted policy instruments. It covers issues, challenges and trends in five key thematic areas: Public Procurement; Public Infrastructure; State Owned Enterprises; Customs Administration; and Delivery of Services in selected sectors. The report also focuses on cross-cutting themes such as transparency, citizen engagement and Gov-tech; selected tools to build integrity; and the role and effectiveness of anticorruption agencies, tax and audit administrations, and justice systems. It features a country case study on Malaysia that traces the history of a country¡¯s anti-corruption efforts over the last few decades.
**The report highlights that with the COVID-19 global pandemic, billions of dollars are being borrowed and spent by countries circumventing standard accountability procedures to manage the COVID-19 situation, leading to enhanced risk of corruption. To foster greater accountability, governments need to clearly articulate their actions, enforce rules, address violations, and remedy problems as quickly as possible in a transparent manner. The core tools of fiscal transparency, citizen engagement, and social accountability become ever more important.
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PART I: CONFRONTING CORRUPTION IN SECTORS AND FUNCTIONS
- by Fiona Davies, Carrie Farley and Geoff Handley
- by Joel Turkewitz, Mihaly Fazekas and
- by and Joel Turkewitz
by Ida Richter Gade and
- by , Soren Kirk Jensen and
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- by Ida Richter Gade, Nicolas Penagos and Sophie Brown
by Sunita Kikeri and
- by , Ana Maria Palacio Jaramillo and
- by Kjetil Hansen and
- by Kjetil Hansen, Soren Kirk Jensen and
by , Ernani Checcucci Filho and
- by Andreas Henrik Fiebelkorn
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by Jana Kunicova
- by Thomas Shipley
- by Thomas Shipley
- by Sarah Steingr¨¹ber
PART II: KEY INSTRUMENTS FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION
by Stephen Davenport and
- by Blair Cameron
- by Blair Cameron
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- by Pooja Churamani, and
by Dmytro Kotlyar and
- by Dmytro Kotlyar and
- by , Laura Stefan and Silviu Popa
by , and Zosia Sztykowski
by Prof. Jeffrey Owens, Joy Waruguru Ndubai and Siddhesh Rao
- by Prof. Jeffrey Owens, Joy Waruguru Ndubai and Siddhesh Rao
- by Prof. Jeffrey Owens, Joy Waruguru Ndubai and Siddhesh Rao
PART III: ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION
by Alan Doig and Francesca Recanatini
by Seongjun Kim, Donald Mpande, Pooja Churamani, and Carmen Loo
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COUNTRY SPOTLIGHT: by and