Curbing corruption : toward a model for building national integrity

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ISBN:

9780821342572

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1999.

Physical Description:

x, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

EDI development studies

Series Title:

EDI development studies

Contents:

Different views on good government and sustainable anticorruption strategies / Michael Johnston and Alan Doig -- Anticorruption strategies: starting afresh? Unconventional lessons from comparative analysis / Daniel Kaufmann -- The experience of Hong Kong, China, in combating corruption / B. E. D. de Speville -- The experience of Singapore in combating corruption / Tan Ah Leak -- In pursuit of public accountability in Bolivia / Antonio Sanchez de Lozada -- Economic reforms: necessary but not sufficient to curb corruption? / Daniel Kaufmann -- Elements of a successful anticorruption strategy / Jeremy Pope -- Enhancing accountability and ethics in the public sector / Jeremy Pope -- Involving civil society in the fight against corruption / Mohammad M. Kisubi -- National integrity systems / Petter Langseth, Rick Stapenhurst, and Jeremy Pope -- The fight against corruption in Tanzania / Shahrzad Sedigh and Alex Muganda -- The fight against corruption in Uganda / Shahrzad Sedigh and Augustine Ruzindana -- The fight against corruption in Sierra Leone / Sahr. J. Kpundeh.

Subject Term:

Political corruption.

Political corruption -- Case studies.

Political corruption -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies.

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After years of being treated as a taboo subject, the issue of corruption has begun to attract serious attention from the aid donor community.Corruption is, in its simplest terms, the abuse of power most often for personal gain or for the benefit of a group to which one owes allegiance. This book achieves a balance between a theoretical and a practical discussion of corruption and its causes and remedies. It explores the interaction between corruption and economic performance. While the economic costs of corruption are difficult to measure, some studies suggest that its costs would include: * An additional 3-10 percent increase for the price of a given transaction to speed up the delivery of a government service. * Inflated prices for goods by as much as 15-20 percent. * Diverted tax revenues that can cost the government as much as 50 percent of its tax revenues. This volume focuses on the following: * Lessons learned with two examples of good practice (Hong Kong and Singapore). * The economic and institutional approaches to anti-corruption efforts, with particular attention to the role of the public sector and civil society, including the media. * Case studies on Uganda, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone. Lessons learned indicate that an effective anticorruption strategy would be multifaceted, combining economic reforms, and strengthening national integrity institutions. And political commitment would be key to sustaining this effort.