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Anti-Corruption Handbook for Development Practitioners

– 8 October 2012Posted in: Development, Governance

Anti-Corruption Handbook for Development Practitioners (PDF, 1,97 Mt, 214 s.)

The 220-page book, free for download and produced by Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offers development practitioners a comprehensive analysis of types of corruption in the field and pointers on how to avoid it.

The objective of the Handbook is to provide conceptual and technical guidance to enable “development practitioners” to:

  • Become better equipped to effectively support the anti-corruption work in development co-operation
  • Acquire useful tools to analyse the governance situations by using tools like governance assessments (GAs) and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and thus, to fulfil the potential provided by these tools, and promote political dialogue and operational activities
  • Better contribute to the design and implementation of development programmes by mainstreaming governance and anti-corruption (GAC) issues and to better design and follow-up on specific anti-corruption programmes, NGO support, general budget and sector support
  • Become familiar with the legislative and judicial means of strengthening governance and preventing corruption.

Source: http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentId=256733&nodeId=15145&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

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Corruption is getting worse in Southern Africa – Transparency International

– 22 November 2011Posted in: Development

New survey from Transparency International shows the police are seen as most corrupt. More than half of all those who come in contact with public service providers – 56 per cent – were asked to pay a bribe in the past year, according to a new survey of six Southern African countries published by Transparency International (http://www.transparency.org), the anti-corruption organisation.

The survey also found that across the region 62 per cent of people believe corruption has become worse in the past three years.

Daily Lives and Corruption, Public Opinion in Southern Africa surveyed more than 6,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe between 2010 and 2011.

The good news is that 80 per cent of those interviewed said they were prepared to get involved in the fight against corruption and three-quarters said ordinary people can make a difference in the fight against corruption.

“Governments must wake up to the fact that people will not tolerate corruption any more and start reforming weak institutions, particular the police. People have a right to feel that they are protected by the police and not harassed,” said Chantal Uwimana, Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East at Transparency International.

The report found that people in all six countries named the police as the most corrupt service provider of the nine featured in the survey and that most bribes were paid to the police.

The results showed some regional differences. In four out of the six countries people reported paying bribes to speed up services but in South Africa and the DRC more bribes were paid to avoid problems with the authorities.

In five of the six countries people trusted the government more than non-governmental organisations, the media, international organisations or the private sector to fight corruption. In Malawi, however, non-governmental organisations were trusted just as much as the government. Source: Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Transparency International, http://tinyurl.com/ce5vjuh

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How to monitor and evaluate anti-corruption agencies: Guidelines for agencies, donors, and evaluators – U4 guide

– 15 October 2011Posted in: Governance

How to monitor and evaluate anti-corruption agencies: Guidelines for agencies, donors, and evaluators
This report provides technical, methodological, and practical guidance to assist staff of Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) in undertaking monitoring and evaluation and shows how the outcomes and impact of the work of ACAs can be evaluated in an objective, evidence-based manner. Download Report from U4.

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Poor families hit hardest by bribery, even in rich countries, finds new TI poll

– 23 January 2008Posted in: Uncategorized

Poor families are hit hardest by demands for bribes in developed as well as developing countries, according to Transparency international’s Global Corruption Barometer 2007. The public opinion survey, published today ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, also found that citizens in countries across the globe continue to see political parties and parliaments as the institutions most compromised by corruption. The Barometer, which surveys 63,199 respondents in 60 countries, offers a broad spectrum of data on common experiences of corruption, including which institutions most frequently demand bribes, where citizens see the greatest degree of corruption, and how they see both the future development of corruption and their governments’ efforts to eradicate it. http://www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases/2007/2007_12_06_gcb_2007_en

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2006 Corruption Perceptions Index reinforces link between poverty and corruption.

– 12 December 2006Posted in: Uncategorized

The 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), launched on November 6 by Transparency International, points to a strong correlation between corruption and poverty, with a concentration of impoverished states at the bottom of the ranking. The 2006 CPI shows the machinery of corruption remains well-oiled, despite improved legislation. ‘Corruption traps millions in poverty,” said Transparency International Chair Huguette Labelle. ‘Despite a decade of progress in establishing anti-corruption laws and regulations, today’s results indicate that much remains to be done before we see meaningful improvements in the lives of the world’s poorest citizens.”
http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/cpi_2006

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