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A Partial Inventory of the Bank’s Governance and Institutional Reform Programs FY98, FY99, and FY00 (1st half)

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AAA: Analytic and Advisory Activities; APL: Adaptable Program Loan; ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting; CAS: Country Assistance Strategy; CAS-PR: CAS Progress Report; CDF: ComprehensiveDevelopment Framework; CEM: Country Economic Memorandum; CFAA: Country Financial Accountability Assessment; CPAR: Country Procurement Assessment Review; CPFA: CountryProfile of Financial Accountability; DGTF: Danish Governance Trust Fund; ICAC: Independent Commission Against Corruption; IDF: Institutional Development Fund; IGR: Institutional andGovernance Review; OPE: Office of Professional Ethics; PER: Public Expenditure Review; PERC: Public Expenditure Reform Credit; PRMPS: PREM Public Sector Anchor; SAL: StructuralAdjustment Loan; SOE: State Owned Enterprise; SSR: Social and Structural Review; TA: Technical Assistance; WBI: World Bank Institute

A Partial Inventory of the Bank’s Governanceand Institutional Reform Programs

FY98, FY99, and FY00 (1st half)Countries with Programs to Strengthen Governance

Grant-Based Technical Assistance ESW and Mission Reports In-country workshops, Surveys Governance related lending (activeprojects)

AFRICARegional programs (FY99) Research program on determinants of

corruption in Africa.(FY99) Study on Corruption and the Financing ofPolitics in Africa.(FY00) Sourcebook for community-drivendevelopment

(FY98) Corruption Workshop for Bank Staffand Clients (EDI).(FY98-00) Regional Investigative JournalismWorkshops – print and radio journalists (Westand East Africa – EDI/WBI).(FY99) Role of African Parliaments in CurbingCorruption (WBI).(FY99) Anti-corruption Core Course for sevenAfrican countries (WBI).(FY99) Workshop: The Media’s Role inCurbing Corruption (WBI).(FY99) Information for AccountabilityWorkshops: Supporting Accountability andAnti-corruption Strategies in Sub-SaharanAfrica (IRMT/Danish Governance TF).(FY99-00) Support to the AfricanParliamentarians Network against Corruption(WBI).(FY00) Presentations at Ninth InternationalAnti-corruption conference in Durban, SouthAfrica.(FY00) Investigative Journalism TeleseminarSeries: Anglophone and Francophone Africa(WBI)

(FY00-01) Preparation of aregional project to reform thepublic procurement systems ofmember countries of the UEMOAin West Africa.

Angola (FY98) CPFABenin (FY99) IDF Grant. Reinforcement

of Anti-corruption Unit inPresidency.

(FY99) CPAR(FY99) Pilot IGR to assess areas of weakgovernance and poor public sector performance(FY00-01) CFAA

(FY98) Anti-corruption seminar (EDI).(FY99) Anti-corruption seminar as part of IDFGrant to Anti-corruption unit.(FY99-00) Participant in WBI Core Course onAnti-corruption.(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar Series (WBI).

(FY99) Private sector developmentand judicial reform project.(FY99) Transport SectorInvestment program.(FY00-01) Preparation of PERCwith financial accountabilitycomponents.(FY00-01) Preparation of Legal





and Judicial Reform Project.Burkina Faso (FY00) CPAR

(FY00) Study on the governance underpinningsof service delivery.

(Approved FY92) PublicInstitutional Development project.

Cameroon (FY98-FY00): Consultant reports on publicexpenditure and public investment.(FY00) Development of good governance andanti-corruption action plan.(FY01) CFAA(FY01) CPAR

(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar Series (WBI).

(FY00-01) Strong transparencycomponents dominate the overallChad-Cameroon Pipeline package.

Cape Verde (Approved FY94) Public SectorReform and Capacity Buildingproject.(FY98) Economic Reforms Supportproject.(FY99) Privatization andRegulatory Capacity Buildingproject.

Chad (FY00) IDF Grant to supportNational Assembly

(FY00) Development of good governance andanti-corruption action plan.(FY00) CFAA(FY00) CPAR(FY01) PER

Participatory process linked to PRSP (Approved FY96) CapacityBuilding project.(FY99) Structural AdjustmentCredit III.(FY00) Technical AssistanceCredit on Management of OilRevenue(FY00-01) Strong transparencycomponents dominate the overallChad-Cameroon Pipeline package.

Côte d’Ivoire (FY98) CPFA(FY99) Country regulatory framework paper.(FY00-01) CFAA

(FY00) Conference on Good Governance,focusing on corruption (22-24 November 1999).(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar Series (WBI).

(Approved FY93) EconomicManagement Technical Assistanceproject.

Eritrea (FY99) CPFA(FY00-01) CFAA(FY00-01) CPAR

Ethiopia(New operations areon hold owing to thewar with Eritrea)

(FY99) IDF Grant. Civil ServiceReform and Capacity Building.

(FY98) Anti-corruption mission and report;Follow-up work is based on decision to designateEthiopia as the pilot country in Africa forintroducing the Anti-corruption Clause in Bankprocurement.(FY98) CPFA

(FY98) Anti-corruption Seminar forParliamentarians (EDI).(FY99) Three Introductory InvestigativeJournalism Seminars including Radio andTelevision journalists (WBI).(FY99-00) Governance and Corruption Survey





(FY98-01) PER, conducted annually in Ethiopia(FY98) CPAR(FY99-00) Pilot IGR to assess areas of weakgovernance and poor public performance.(FY00-01) CFAA

(WBI/DGTF).(FY99-00) Participant in WBI Core Course onAnti-corruption.(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar Series (WBI).(FY00) Support to GOE/CSR Program,development of Investigative Journalismcurricula (WBI).

Gambia (FY98) Improving Cabinet decisions on publicexpenditure management (EDI).

Ghana (FY00) CFAA and CPAR underway.(FY00-01) Participatory CAS and CDF processconsulting government, donors and civil society.(FY00-01) Study to develop a consistent, cross-sectoral decentralisation strategy, followingthrough on anti-corruption survey, theinstitutional reform of ministries, and thedevelopment of measures to monitor and evaluategovernment performance.

(FY98-00) Seminar for Public Accounts andFinance Committees (EDI/WBI).(FY99) Seminar for Economic and FinancialJournalists on Transparency and Integrity (WBIand African Virtual University).(FY99-00) Participant in WBI Core Course onAnti-corruption.(FY00-01) Governance and Corruption Survey.(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar series (WBI).

(FY98/FY99) Economic ReformSupport Operation project I/II.(FY99) APL Public SectorManagement program.

Guinea (FY98) CPFA(FY99) Mission to respond to request fromPresident for assistance to fight corruption.(FY99-00) CPAR(FY00) Follow-up to Mission - assistance todevelop anti-corruption strategy and action plan

(FY00-01) Governance and Corruption Survey. (FY99) APL. Capacity Building forService Delivery.

Guinea-Bissau (FY98) IDF Grant. Notary andRegistration Service.

(FY98) Strengthening Customs Administration.

Kenya (FY00-01) Preparation andimplementation of IDF Grant forsupport to the Kenyan Anti-corruption Authority.

(FY98) CAS. Best practice.(FY99) CAS. Addressed problem of corruptionand public sector management.

(FY99-00) WBI Core Course on Anti-corruption.(FY00-01) Governance and Corruption Survey.

(Approved FY93) ParastatalReform and Privatization TechnicalAssistance project.(Approved FY95) InstitutionalDevelopment and Civil ServiceReform project.(FY99) Institutional Developmentand Civil Service Reform project.(FY01) Proposed Public SectorAdjustment Credit will focus onaccountability and transparency inthe use of public resources.

Lesotho (FY99) Policy dialogue on Civil Service Reformis part of PFP process.





Liberia (FY00) Collaborating with IMF to removemonopolies on petroleum products and riceimports.

Madagascar (FY98) CPFA (Approved FY97) PublicManagement Capacity Buildingproject.(FY99) Structural AdjustmentCredit II.

Malawi (FY00-01) IDF Grant.Reinforcement of Anti-corruptionBureau

(FY98) Anti-corruption mission and report. (FY99-00) Participant in WBI Core Course onAnti-corruption.(FY00-01) Governance and Corruption Survey

(Approved FY94) InstitutionalDevelopment project II. The fivemajor components include: (i)improving civil service policy andinformation framework; (ii)strengthening capacity ofdepartment of personnelmanagement; (iii) strengtheninginstitutional capacity of theMinistry of Finance; (iv) supportthe Department of StatutoryBodies; and (v) strengthen theMalawi Institute of Management.(Approved FY96) FiscalRestructuring and DeregulationProgram project (FRDP).(FY99) FRDP II.(FY00) Structural AdjustmentCredit will support financialmanagement reform, the office ofAuditor General, judicial and legalreform, and decentralisation of theadministration of the civil service.

Mali (FY99) Anti-corruption mission and report.(FY99) CPAR

(FY98) Seminar for Public Accounts andFinance Committees (EDI).(FY99) Seminar for Economic and FinancialJournalists on Transparency and Integrity (WBIand African Virtual University).(FY99) Seminar for Public Accounts andFinance Committees of Parliament (WBI).

(Approved FY96) EconomicManagement Credit.

Mauritius (FY98) CPFA (FY98) Household and Private SectorCorruption Surveys (EDI).(FY98) National Integrity Meeting (EDI).(FY98) Support for Anti-corruption Legislation(EDI).





(FY98) Introductory and AdvancedInvestigative Journalism Seminars (EDI).

Mauritania (Approved FY96) Public ResourceManagement Credit.

Mozambique (FY00) IDF Grant. Supporting theTechnical Group for Public SectorReform

(FY00-01) CPAR(FY00-01) Governance central to CAS.(FY00-01) Report on accountability andtransparency in the delivery of public services.

(Approved FY93) Legal and PublicSector Capacity project.(FY00-01) Preparation of multi-faceted public-sector reformproject.

Niger (FY99) CPAR(FY00-01) CFAA

(FY99) Public Finance ReformCredit.

Nigeria (FY00) Missions to develop comprehensiveapproach to anti-corruption.(FY00) CFAA and CPAR

(FY00) Preparation of governance andcorruption surveys.(FY00) Initiation of training program forparliamentarians and journalists (WBI).

(FY00) Preparation of EconomicManagement Capacity-BuildingProject which will havecomponents for strengtheningeconomic and financialmanagement.

Rwanda (FY98) CPFA (FY99) Economic Recovery Credit.Sierra Leone (Approved FY93) Public Sector

Management Support project: tostrengthen capacity to implementadjustment program and longer-term growth strategy, focusing onfiscal management.(FY00) Governance and anti-corruption component included inthe new Economic Rehabilitationand Recovery Credit.

Senegal (FY98) IDF Grant. NationalConsultation on Civil ServiceReform.

South Africa (FY99) IDF Grant. Setting upInstitute for Public Finance andAuditing.

(FY98) CPFA (FY00) Regional Johannesburg police toimprove security and governance.

Tanzania (FY98-00) Anti-corruption mission and report –follow-up to the mission is the initiation of anaccountability and transparency program.(FY00) CPAR

(FY98) Introductory and AdvancedInvestigative Journalism Seminars – BusinessJournalists (EDI).(FY98) Integrity Workshop for Parliament(EDI).(FY99) Introductory and AdvancedInvestigative Journalism including Radio andTelevision (WBI).

(Approved FY93) Financial andLegal Management Upgradingproject.(Approved FY93) Private andPublic Sector Management project.(Approved FY97) StructuralAdjustment Credit I.(FY99) Tax Administration





(FY99) Strengthening of ParliamentaryOversight (WBI)(FY99-00) Participant in WBI Core Course onAnti-corruption.(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar series (WBI).

Program project.(FY00) Public Sector ReformProject focuses on service delivery,meritocratic public service,performance management andbudgeting, pay reform, and ethics.

Uganda (FY00) IDF Grant. Strengtheningthe capacity of the Ministry ofEthics and Integrity

(FY98) CPFA(FY99) Anti-corruption mission and report.(FY99) Study on corruption and the financing ofpolitics.(FY99) Anti-corruption report on Agenda ofCGM and of February meeting of GCA.(FY00) CPAR

(FY98) National Integrity Meeting III (EDI).(FY98) 3 Investigative Journalism workshops(EDI).(FY98) National Integrity Survey (EDI).(FY98) Integrity Meeting and Workshops forParliament and Judiciary (EDI).(FY99) National Integrity Meeting IV, (EDI).(FY99) National and District Media TrainingInvestigative Journalism – TV & Radio (WBI).(FY99) 10 District Integrity Meetings (WBI).(FY99-00) Participant in WBI Core Course onAnti-corruption.(FY00) Participant in Investigative JournalismTeleseminar series (WBI).

(Approved FY95) InstitutionalCapacity Building project. Includes(i) central government capacitybuilding; (ii) local governmentcapacity-building; (iii) legal sectorreform; (iv) accountancyprofession; and (v) training funds.(Approved FY97) StructuralAdjustment Credit III.(FY99) Education AdjustmentCredit allocates funds directly tocommunities.(FY00) Preparation of PublicExpenditure Reform Credit (PERC)with components to strengthengovernance and accountability.

Zambia (FY99) CAS. Strong anti-corruption components. (FY99) Public Sector Reform andExport Promotion Credit.(FY00) Public Sector Capacity-Building Project to make publicservice delivery more effective andefficient, facilitate economicgrowth and thence reduce poverty.

Zimbabwe (FY98) Workshop on Training of Trainers forDevelopment of Local Integrity (EDI).

EAST ASIA AND PACIFICRegional programs (FY98) Regional strategy review and issues note

(Klitgaard)(FY99) Regional Strategy & Action Plan.(FY99–00) East Asia Anti-corruption AdvisoryGroup. Meetings held with RMT and AdvisoryGroup (6/99 Washington DC; Singapore 9/99;Bangkok, 2/2000).(FY00) Handbook for Fighting Corruption.(FY00) East Asia: Regional Study 2000 (chapter6) (EAPVPC/EASPR)

(FY99) Democracy and GovernanceConference; Seoul, Korea (WBI)(FY00) Manila Social Forum, November 1999,highlighted session on governance and issueslinking poverty and corruption.(FY99) Regional Seminar on parliaments role incurbing corruption (WBI).(FY00) Combating Corruption in Asia-Pacific(WBI, AsDB)





(FY00-01) Study: constraints on the media tohelp curb corruption.

Cambodia (FY99-00) IDF-financed TA forfinancial accountabilitydevelopment.

(FY99) Preliminary survey on "the businessenvironment and governance in Cambodia"(Danish Trust Fund)(FY99-00) IDF grant: has surveyed publicofficials and private citizens as input forupcoming Action Plan for Enhancing Governanceand Fighting Corruption.(FY00) Translation of “Parliamentarians Guide toCurbing Corruption” (WBI)

(FY99) PER – Governance, corruption issuesdiscussed up front in the context of estimatingthe extent of revenue loss (especially fromillegal logging) and expenditureleakages/diversions.(FY00) Parliamentarians Workshop

China (FY99) Assistance to developbidding law, procurementregulations, and a National AuditOffice with an audit MIS system.(FY99) IDF Grant. Strengthening ofEnabling Environment for China'sNGO Development.

(FY98) Accounting Reform and DevelopmentProject.

(FY99) Program on Corporate Governance andEnterprise Restructuring with SETC (WBI).

(Approved FY95) Fiscal TechnicalAssistance project.(FY93-00) Reform, InstitutionalSupport and Pre-investment Project(feasibility of introducing taxpolice).(FY95-99) Economic Law ReformProject.(FY95-99) Fiscal TA for improvingtax administration.(FY99) Accounting Reform andDevelopment Project to strengthenfinancial management for stateenterprises and government bodies.(FY99) SOE Reform Project.(FY99) TCC4 sub-componentsupporting the National School ofAdministration in exploringadequate anti-corruption measuresand mechanisms.

Indonesia (FY98) IDF Grant. Legal Reform.(FY99-00) ASEM Grant. ImprovingLocal Government ExpenditureTransparency.(FY99-00) ASEM Grants. SocialSafety Net Monitoring with CivilSociety and NGOs.

(FY99) Anti-corruption Strategy Missions.(FY99) Anti-corruption Action Plan for InternalBank Activities.(FY99) Strong anti-corruption focus in CAS-PR.(FY99-00) Anti-corruption Handbook.(FY99) Civil Service Review (draft).(FY99) PER – focus on budget management.

(FY99) Regular Meetings with IndonesiaCorruption Watch, INFID and other NGOs.(FY99) Procurement Complaint MonitoringSystem. Wide distribution to the Country Teamin FY00.(FY99) Seminar series on Public SectorReforms.

(FY99) Policy Reform and SocialSafety Net SALs includingtransparency and other anti-corruption and collusionconditions.





(FY00) UNDP/WB Partnership onGovernance.

(FY99) Governance Baseline (under purview ofPartnership).(FY00) Translation of “Parliamentarians Guide toCurbing Corruption” (WBI).

(FY00) CFAA(FY00) Integrity Awareness Seminar.(FY00) Parliamentary Workshop (WBI).

Korea (FY99-00) IDF Grant. FinancialAccountability & GoodGovernance.(FY00) PHRD Grant. FinancialAccounting Standards Board.(FY00) PHRD Grant. Transparencyof Regulatory Environment.

(FY99) Comprehensive anti-corruption programand report.(FY00) CEM with governance component.

(FY99) Anti-corruption seminar (ROK).(FY00) Establishment of the Korean FinancialAccounting Standards Board.(FY00) Comprehensive Package of Anti-corruption Measures announced by ROK, Anti-corruption Legislation pending before NationalAssembly. Government target of raising TIranking from 43 to 20 by 2003 as part of goal toreach “transparent state.”(FY00) International Conference on CombatingCorruption, Seoul.(FY00) Seminar on the role of auditcommittees.

(FY99) SAL II CorporateGovernance.

Lao PDR (FY99) IDF Grant. Civil ServiceReform.

Malaysia (FY99) Structural Policy Review(FY99) PER. Analyzes public expenditure/publicsector management issues.(FY00) CAS. Includes governance andtransparency.

Mongolia (FY98) Fiscal Technical Assistanceproject.

Papua New Guinea (FY98-99) IDF Grant. IndependentCommission Against Corruption.Draft legislation for establishmentof ICAC.(FY99) Financial ManagementImprovement project.(FY00) Informal assistance to TI(funded by Swedish GovernanceGrant) in proposal to monitorGovernment’s privatization programusing the “islands of integrityapproach”.(FY00) Consultant Trust Fundestablished to support structuralreform related activities, with asmall portion of these fundsearmarked to support TI in anti-

(FY98) CAS. Strong governance focus.(FY99) CEM focused on improving governance(both public sector and corporate) and includedan anti-corruption strategy.(FY00) PER included strategies to combat fraudand waste and improve governance.

(Approved FY91) Public SectorTraining project.(FY00) SAL (under preparation,anticipated Board date FY00) –governance focused operation,including public sector reform andinstitutional support, focus onoversight entities, privatization, andspecific elements to combatcorruption and support the rule oflaw.





corruption activities.Philippines (FY97) IDF Grant. Results

monitoring.(FY98) IDF Grant. Assistance togovernment accounting system –Public expenditure ManagementImprovement.(FY99) Special PHRD Grant.Upgrading the financial framework.(FY99) ASEM Grants. Povertymonitoring, strengthening forfinancial infrastructure and financialmonitoring and reform(FY00) PHRD Grant. Social andenvironmental assessments.

(FY98) Transparency study.(FY99) PER(FY99-01) CAS. Includes governance and anti-corruption agenda.(FY00) Judicial Assessment.(FY00) SSR looks at medium-term challenges inpublic sector management, judicial system, andcorporate governance.(FY00) Rural Development Trends and Study.(FY00) Client Feedback Survey on SZOPADSocial Fund.(FY00) Anti-corruption Report andrecommendations submitted to government.

(FY98) Draft TORs for Asian Institute ofManagement.(FY98) Workshop on financial management.(FY99) Policy-Maker workshops to bringtogether policymakers concerned withcorruption.(FY99) Identification and development anintegrated program of procurement training andTA to prevent/detect fraud and corruption andincorporate program into FY00 projects.(FY00) Integrated TA in financial managementto prevent/detect fraud and corruption.(FY99-00) Judicial Assessment: Judicial SystemPerformance in the Philippines.(PRMPS/Danish Governance TF).(FY00) World Bank anti-corruption training forManila based staff.

(FY99) Banking System ReformLoan(FY00) Social ExpenditureManagement Project, HousingFinance TA, National RoadsImprovement Managementprogram.(FY00) Governance component ofSSR.

Thailand (FY98) IDF Grant. FinancialAccountability and GoodGovernance.(FY00) PHRD Grant. FinancialAccounting Standards Board.(FY00) ASEM Grant. Institute of

Directors.(FY99-00) PHRD Grant. LegalReform. Economic laws and civilsociety participation.(FY98-00) PHRD Grant. PreparingPublic Sector Reform I.(FY99) IDF Grant. Strengtheningthe National DecentralizationCommittee.(FY99-00) Australian Trust FundGrant. Support of Budget Reform.(FY99-00) Danish Trust FundGrant. Anti-corruption Surveys ofHouseholds and Businesses.(FY00) PHRD Grant. PreparingPublic Sector Reform II.

(FY99) CAS. Analyzes corruption risks.(FY99-00) Economic Management AssistanceProject (technical assistance on civil servicereform/public expenditure management /customsreform).(FY99-00) Public Finance Review renamed:Selected Topics in Public Finance (includingpublic expenditure management, fiscaltransparency, and decentralization).(FY99-00) Various reports on accounting andauditing program.(FY99) Anti-corruption Strategy.(FY99) Anti-corruption Staff Handbook.(FY00) Translation of “Parliamentarians’ Guideto Curbing Corruption’ (WBI).

(FY99) Policymakers’ workshop series onpublic sector reform (including fiscaltransparency and corruption).(FY99-00) Workshops for accountants andauditors.(FY00) Establishment of the Thailand FinancialAccounting Standards Board.(FY00) Training for auditors in public sector.(FY00) Corruption surveys and review ofregulations. Corruption surveys include publicofficials, business sector and households.Results of the surveys will be used to organizeanti-corruption workshop with WBI.(FY99-00) Procurement training for PIUs.Training workshops have been organizedregularly by WBOB procurement cluster.(FY99-00) Workshop series on economic lawand civil society participation law reform thathave some aspects of corporate goodgovernance and transparency and publicparticipation in policy formulation.(FY00) Establishment of the Institute ofDirectors.(FY00) Training for directors of listedcompanies.

(FY99) EFAL (corporategovernance).(FY99-00) SIP (NGO governance).(FY00) Public Sector Reform Loan(PSAL) with large transparencyand accountability component.(FY00) Public sector reform anddebt management chapters of SSR.(FY00) EFAL III (corporategovernance).





(FY00) Parliamentary Workshop (WBI)Vietnam (FY98) IDF Grant. Improve

government accounting system.(FY00) The Bank has beenproviding TA on strengtheningprocurement since 1996. An IDF inFY00 will extend this, specificallyto assist government formulate andimplement a public procurementordinance. The objective is to matchstandards required for entry toWTO.

(FY99) Fiscal Transparency Study (jointly withIMF); to increase budgetary transparency (atNational, Provincial and Commune levels)(FY00) PER will address transparency issuesfurther – reviewing progress on fiscaltransparency.(FY00) A Bank paper on Anti-corruption will befinalized in FY00, and will contribute to a donorpaper on governance – to be discussed withGOVN.

(FY99-00) CDF pilot governance/anti-corruption workshops.(FY00) The Bank is strengthening monitoringof Bank-financed contracts. In addition to ex-post reviews for all large Bank-financedcontracts, a selection of small contracts is beingsurveyed.(FY00) Active in donor working group ongovernance. The Government and NationalAssembly have identified PAR and anti-corruption as key themes.(FY00) Technical advice and back-up toSwedish-funded diagnostic survey of corruption(WBI).(FY99) Workshop on fiscal transparency forgovernment officials (with IMF).(FY00) Two workshops on AnalyticalFramework and Methodology of the PER forcentral and local government officials.(FY00) Conference on Project Management andImplementation with session on transparencyand anti-corruption.

(FY00) Structural AdjustmentCredit II (SAC II) includesmeasures on governance, includingexpanding budgetary transparency(at local and central levels) andproviding an enabling environmentfor civil society organizations.

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIARegional programs (FY99) PREM Note on new frontiers in

diagnosing and combating corruption in ECA.(FY98/99) ECA Regional Anti-corruption Study.(FY00) Chapter on Parliamentary Oversight inECA Region” (WBI).

(FY98) Multi-country surveys of publicofficials, enterprises, and households and otherinstruments to diagnose patterns of corruption.(FY99) OECD/OSCE Workshop on Anti-corruption in Transition Economies (EDI).(FY99) Council of Europe Workshop onCorruption and Crime.(FY99) USAID/OECD Workshop on Anti-corruption in CIS and CEE Countries.(FY98) Joint Bank/EU Seminar on Anti-corruption Strategy and Collaboration.(FY99) Anti-corruption Monitoring by CivilSociety in Latvia, Albania and Georgia(WBI/Danish Governance TF).(FY00) Regional Seminar for Parliamentarians(WBI).(FY00) 2 Investigative Journalism Workshops(WBI, OECD).





Albania (FY99) TA. Conduct a Unit CostComparison Study, donorcoordination, tax/customs, andneeds assessment to strengthenJudicial Inspection Panel.(FY99) TA. Unit Cost ComparisonStudy, donor co-ordination,tax/customs mission.(FY99) TA. Judicial InspectionPanel, consolidate Central BudgetOffice for courts, advance ADR,plan dissemination of publishedlaws and judicial decisions.(FY99) IDF Grant. Publicprocurement recommendations ofA/C program, including privatesector outreach.(FY99) TA. Support for smallgrants to NGOs. Government/civilsociety roundtables on corruption.

(FY98) CAS. Considerable discussion ofcorruption risks.(FY99) Anti-corruption mission, report anddissemination.(FY99) Dissemination and monitoring ofGovernment Action Plan, promotion of civilsociety participation, health services.(FY99) Publication and dissemination of anti-corruption conference Report (includingGovernment Action Plan and Survey Results).(FY99) Tax/customs assessment.(FY00) Preparation of anti-corruption strategy.(FY00) CAS. Update continues emphasis ongovernance and anti-corruption.

(FY98) Anti-corruption seminar (EDI).(FY98) Co-finance diagnostic surveys, supportgovernment-NGO working groups, incrementalwork on administration and judicial reform.(FY98) Diagnostic surveys on education andhealth.(FY99) Donor/Government Co-ordinationMeetings (every three months).

(FY98) Structural AdjustmentCredit to improve publicadministration, de-politicize civilservice, improve competence ofjudiciary (required testing ofjudges), and strengthen JudicialInspection Office.(FY99) Judicial Reform & PublicAdministration Credit to improve(financial, personnel andperformance) accountability;increase professionalism ofjudiciary and access to up-to-datelegal information; improve courtadministration.(FY99) Support for the Center forEducational Assessment andEvaluation (to reduce corruption inhigher education sector).

Armenia (FY00) IDF on governance.(FY97) IDF on public procurement.

(FY99-00) Pilot IGR. (FY99) New diagnostic tools to analyzeinstitutional causes of corruption (IGR).(FY99) Measuring Public Sector Performancein Armenia (Danish Governance TF).

(FY96) Institution-buildingTechnical Assistance Project.(FY01) Public Sector ReformCredit.

Azerbaijan (FY99) CAS. Notable attention to governanceand corruption.

(FY00) Survey on businesses and households. (FY00) Public Sector ReformAdjustment Loan: policyconditions on judicial reform,public administration, civil servicereform, licensing and expendituremanagement and auditing toimprove accountability andgovernance.(FY00) IBTA II: support of thePublic Sector Reform AdjustmentLoan.

Bosnia-Herzegovina (FY99) Public Finance StructuralAdjustment Credit.





Bulgaria (FY99) CAS. Pays attention to corruption risks.(FY99) CPAR(FY00) Identification mission on publicadministration reform, governance, anti-corruption, and legal and judicial reform.

Croatia (FY99) CPAR

Georgia (FY98) IDF Grant. PublicProcurement Reform.(FY99) IDF Grant. Approved forStrengthening State Chancellery andPublic Service Bureau.(FY99) TA to finance short-termInstitutional Reform Adviser forMOF to, inter alia, tacklegovernance-related issues.(FY00) PHRD Grant. Approved forlicensing reform for institutionalstrengthening of the licensing andregulatory framework, analysis ofintergovernmental finance, andstrengthening the tax administration.(FY00) CFAA proposed to beconducted.

(FY99) Anti-corruption mission and report.(FY99) Public Sector Reform Missions reportprogress in implementing public service reform-related recommendations from June 1998Workshop.(FY99) Public Sector Reform missions providedtechnical assistance to simplify licensing regime(new law on licensing passed April 1999),institutional strengthening of tax administration,and civil service reform.

(FY98) Anti-corruption seminars run by EDI.(FY98) Diagnostic work on de-licensing,procurement, and state audit, co-financeddiagnostic survey, public workshop.(FY99) Civil Service Reform Workshop.(FY00) Dissemination of Corruption SurveyReport.

(FY99) Judicial Reform Programproject.(FY99) Transport MinistryRestructuring project.(FY99) Structural AdjustmentCredit III addresses licensing andpublic procurement reform, andaction plans for fiscal institutionalreform.(FY99) Structural Reform Supportproject provides for TA to supportSAC.(FY02) Public Sector ReformCredit in lending program.

Hungary (Approved FY93) PensionsAdministration and HealthInsurance project.(Approved FY97) Public FinancialManagement project.

Kazakhstan (FY00) IDF Grant. Publicprocurement.

(FY00) Review of Government’s anti-corruptionprogram.

(FY00) Diagnostic work on corruption anddelicensing.

(Approved FY94) TechnicalAssistance loan.(Approved FY97) TreasuryModernization project.(FY98) Public Sector ResourceManagement Adjustment Loan(PSRMAL).(FY99) Legal Reform project.(FY01) PSRMAL II





Latvia (FY98) IDF Grant. State AuditOffice.(FY98/99) IDF Grant. Public-SectorReform.(FY98) TA. Assess corruptionvulnerability in tax administration.(FY98) TA. Review system ofincome and asset declarations.(FY98) TA. Review anti-corruptionlaw.(FY99) FIAS “Red Tape” study.(FY99) TA. Regulatory reform.(FY99) TA. Judicial reform.(FY99) TA. Review amendments toanti-corruption law.(FY00) TA. Improve regulatorydrafting.

(FY98) Preparation of tax administration project.(FY98) CAS. Highlighting governance andanticorruption issues.(FY99) Corruption diagnostic surveys and report.(FY99) Anti-corruption mission and report.(FY99) Report on regulatory reform.(FY99) Report on judicial reform.(FY00) Procurement cost study.

(FY98) High-level workshop to createGovernment’s anticorruption program, run bySchool of Public Administration and WB.(FY98) Public conference to discuss CorruptionPrevention Council strategy adopted by Cabinet.(FY99) Public conference to disseminateCorruption Diagnostic Report and developrecommendations on 5 most vulnerable areas.(FY00) Competitive Assessment of energysector and workshop.

(FY99) State Revenue ServiceModernization project.(FY00) Governance StructuralAdjustment Loan.

Macedonia (FY00) CAS. Highlighting governance and anti-corruption.

Moldova (FY98) Structural Adjustment LoanII.(FY01) PRSC I.

Poland (FY00) IDF Grant. Monitoringsubnational governmentperformance.

(FY00) Diagnostic research and report,“Corruption in Poland: Review of Priority Areasand Proposals for Action”.(FY00) CAS Update. Noting governance andanticorruption issues.(FY00) Country Public Procurement Assessmentmission and report.(FY00) Informal Payments in Healthcare, report.(FY00) Participation in KERM (Council ofEconomic Ministers) Anticorruption Team.(FY00) Assistance to high-level AnticorruptionGroup.

(FY00) Diagnostics and workshop in KrakowCity council.(FY00) Parliamentary conference on corruptionand politics.(FY00) Public conference on publicprocurement (jointly with the Institute forPublic Affairs), where CPAR was launched.

(FY00) Rural Development Projectcomponent on strengtheningsubnational governmentadministration.





Romania (FY99) CPAR (FY00) Corruption surveys continue withUSAID funding.

(FY00) Anti-corruption/governance/publicadministration/legal & judicialreform mission with a $50Mlending program.

Russia (FY98) IDF Grant. Legal andInstitutional Framework forDevelopment of PublicProcurement.

(FY99) Evaluating and strengthening expenditurecontrols for greater fiscal accountability.(FY98) Introducing “Case-by-Case privatizationmethods and use of independent, competitivelychosen financial advisors to prepare and sell stateassets (published as Bank monograph).(FY99/00) Corruption Diagnostic.(FY00) Procurement Cost Study.(FY02) Preparation of TAMP II.

(FY98) Workshop on Enterprise Reform, tofoster rules-based competition, greater financialtransparency, an independent regulatory regime,and reduced administrative discretion inlicensing.(FY00) Diagnostics and workshop in 6 Oblasts.

(Approved FY95) TaxAdministration project.(Approved FY96) Legal Reformproject.(Approved FY96) StandardsDevelopment project.(FY99) State Statistical Systemproject.(FY98/FY99) StructuralAdjustment Loans (SAL2 andSAL3) contain conditionalityregarding competitive restructuringof infrastructure monopolies,reducing barriers to entry,implementing internationalaccounting and auditing standardsfor greater transparency.Also contain conditionality in termsof production by RussianGovernment of strategy for publicadministration reform/civil servicereform.

Slovakia (FY00) Public administration assessment. (FY00) Diagnostics and workshop.

Tajikistan (FY98) IDF Grant. PublicProcurement System.

(Approved FY96/FY99) InstitutionBuilding Technical Assistance I/II.

Turkey (Approved FY92) TechnicalAssistance for Treasury DataSystems.(Approved FY96) Public FinancialManagement Project.





Ukraine (FY98/99) CIDA/USAID/TACISTA project to support economicreform and integrity.(FY99) TA. Project for publicfeedback on municipal services.(FY99) IDF Grant. Improvingpublic procurement.(FY00) TA. Civil service reformand deregulation.

(FY99) Study on informal economy. (FY98) Anti-corruption seminar (EDI).(FY98) National Integrity Survey (EDI).(FY98) Deregulation, public administrationreform workshop.(FY99) Parliamentary workshop on Anti-corruption (EDI).(FY99) 4 Regional investigative journalistworkshops (EDI).(FY99) Integrity component in the MOJ judicialtraining program (MOJ/EDI/ERIS).(FY99) Two service delivery surveys/corruptionworkshops at Oblast level (WBI).(FY99) People’s Voice Conference.

(FY98) Treasury Systems project.(FY99) Public AdministrationReform Loan with conditionalityregarding transparency andaccountability in the civil serviceand streamlining licensing,registration, business inspections,and customs operations.

Uzbekistan (Approved FY94) InstitutionBuilding Technical Assistance.

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEANRegional programs (FY99/00) Fighting Corruption in

Bank-financed projects - Guide forTask Managers. Publication andDissemination.(FY99) Workshop for senior staffon mainstreaming anti-corruptionwork in LCR.

(FY98) Work with CLAD/OAS/IDB to promotenetworks and information exchange.(FY99) Paper for the Consultative Group for theReconstruction of Central America: “The FightAgainst Corruption: A World Bank Perspective”.(FY99-00) Public Sector Modernization Projectsin Latin America and the Caribbean: An Analysisof the Portfolio and Lessons Learned (DanishGovernance TF – work underway).

(FY98) Participation in the Eighth InternationalAnti-corruption Conference (Lima, Peru).(FY98) International Anti-corruption Forum(EDI). Held in Miami with participants fromBolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic,Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,Panama, Paraguay, Peru, San Salvador.(FY99) Participation in Central AmericaRegional Integrity Workshop (EDI).(FY99) Participation in III CongresoInternacional del CLAD sobre la Reforma delEstado (Madrid, Spain).(FY99) Participation in Symposium onEnhancement of Probity in the Hemisphere(Santiago, Chile).(FY00) Participation in Central America: FiscalTransparency and Anti-corruption Workshop(Tegucigalpa, Honduras).(FY00) Participation in IV CongresoInternacional del CLAD Sobre la Reforma delEstado (Mexico City).(FY00) Participation in Ninth InternationalAnti-Corruption Conference (Durban, SouthAfrica).(FY00) Participation in IX OLACEFsconference in Asuncion, Paraguay, oncollaboration between the world Bank and





Supreme Audit Institutions.(FY00) Participation at 14th Annual NewDevelopment in Financial Management inMiami, FL, to 350 participants from 50countries between MDBs and Supreme AuditInstitutions.(FY00-03) Regional Program to raise awarenessand promote investigative journalism (WBI,OAS)

Argentina (FY99) IDF Grant. Supportimplementation of the Ethics Codeby the Oficina National de EticaPublica.(FY99) Assistance to the OficinaNacional de Etica Publica inorganization of anti-corruptionconference.

(FY99) CFAA(FY00) Report on various aspects of governanceand anti-corruption, based on three consultants’studies.

(Approved FY95) ProvincialDevelopment Loan II.(Approved FY96) PublicInvestment StrengtheningTechnical Assistance loan.(Approved FY97) PensionAdministration TechnicalAssistance loan.(FY98) Provincial ReformAdjustment loans (Rio Negro,Salta, San Juan, and Tucuman).(FY99) Argentina Year 2000project.(FY98) Model Court Developmentproject.(FY99) Social and Fiscal NationalIdentification System Programproject.(FY99) Special SAL.

Brazil (FY00) Background note on governance and anti-corruption for CAS.

(Approved FY97) Mato GrossoState Privatization project.(FY98) Minas Gerais StatePrivatization project.(FY98) Pension Reform Learningand Innovation Loan.

Bolivia (FY99) IDF Grant. Strengtheninstitutional capacity of the Ministryof Finances Internal AuditingDepartment (SFC).(FY99) Institutional Reform Project.

(FY99) CAS. Best practice.(FY00) IGR(FY00) CFAA(FY00) CPAR

(FY98) Ministerial Integrity Workshop (EDI).(FY98) Establish a National IntegrityCommittee and Unit (EDI).(FY98) Household Service Delivery Survey(EDI).(FY98) Private Sector Service Delivery Survey(EDI).

(Approved FY95) Judicial Reformproject.(FY98) Financial Decentralizationand Accountability project.(FY99) APL. Institutional Reform.





(FY99) National Integrity Workshop (EDI).Colombia (FY98) Anti-corruption component

of IDF Grant.(FY00) Technical support for anti-corruption amendments to nationalprocurement law.

(FY99) CFAA(FY00) Anti-corruption component of Cali citydevelopment strategy study.(FY00) CPAR

FY00 Help Government in Anti-CorruptionInitiative

(FY99) Public FinancialManagement Project. Corruptionvulnerability study of tax andcustoms administration withpreparation of Risk Maps.

Dominican Republic (FY99) CAS. Best practice.(FY99-00) CPAR(FY00) CFAA

(FY99) Survey: A New Approach to JudicialReform Policy-making: Stakeholders’ Views vs.Court Statistics (Danish Governance TF)

Ecuador (FY00) Preparation of IDFproposal for Commission for CivicControl of Corruption.

(FY99) Contributed to publication of “Etica yCorrupción: Estudio de Casos” by NapoleonSaltos Galarza.(FY00) CPAR

(FY99) Corruption surveys of households,businesses and public servants (WBI).(FY99) Technical Assistance for the preparationof Anti-corruption Action Plan (WBI).(FY99) Anti-corruption surveys (WBI)

(Approved FY95) TechnicalAssistance for Modernization of theState.(Approved FY97) Judicial Reformproject.

El Salvador (Approved FY97) Public SectorModernization project.

Guatemala (FY99-00) CPAR (FY98) Legal Reform Workshop (EDI). (FY98) Integrated FinancialManagement II.(FY98) Tax AdministrationTechnical Assistance Loan.(FY99) Judicial Reform project.

Guyana (FY99) CPAR (Approved FY93) PublicAdministration project.

Haiti (FY99-00) CPARHonduras (FY99-00) CPAR (Approved FY96) Public Sector

Modernization StructuralAdjustment Credit.(Approved FY96) Public SectorModernization TechnicalAssistance Credit.

Jamaica (FY00) Background note on governance and anti-corruption for CAS.

(Approved FY94) TaxAdministration Reform project.(Approved FY97) Public SectorModernization project.

Mexico (FY99) Background note on governance and anti-corruption.(FY99) Government seminar on public sectorreform and anti-corruption.(FY99) Anti-corruption seminar for state





comptrollers (Mazatlan).

Nicaragua (FY98-99) Two National Integrity Workshops(EDI).(FY98) Household Service Delivery Survey(EDI).(FY99) Disaster Relief Integrity Project (EDI).

(Approved FY95) InstitutionalDevelopment Credit.(FY98) Financial SectorAdjustment Credit.(FY00) Preparation of anti-corruption component of EconomicManagement Technical AssistanceCredit.

Panama (FY00) CPARPeru (FY00) CPAR (FY99) Urban Property Rights

project.Uruguay (FY99) IDF Grant. Improve

government auditing and financialmanagement.

(FY99-00) CPAR

Venezuela (FY99) Municipal Integrity Systems in LatinAmerica (EDI).

(Approved FY90) TechnicalAssistance project for Pre-investment and InstitutionalDevelopment.(Approved FY93) JudicialInfrastructure Development project.(FY98) Supreme CourtModernization project.(FY98) Public SectorModernization project.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICARegional Programs (FY00) Anti-corruption strategy note.

(FY00) MNA Good Governance(FY99) Tunis workshop on Cabinet-LevelDecision-making (WBI).

Algeria (FY01) Budget SystemsModernization Project.

Djibouti (Approved FY97) TechnicalAssistance project. SupportsGovernment decision-makingrelated to macroeconomic reformsand the associated policy andprogramming framework.

Egypt (FY00) Preparatory work for note on PublicSector – Private Business relationship.

Jordan (FY99) Public Procurement (FY99) Public Sector Review (FY01) Public Sector Reform Loan





Modernization. (FY99) CPAR(FY99) CPFA(FY00) CFAA

(in preparation).(FY00) Accountability andTransparency component of CivilService Reform under preparation.

Lebanon (FY98) Procurement LegislationReform.

(FY99) Public Expenditure notes(sectoral and overview).(FY99) CPFA

(FY99) Procurement Financial ManagementTraining.

(FY94) Technical Assistance forRevenue Enhancement.(FY99) AdministrativeRehabilitation Project.

Morocco (FY99) Public Procurement Reform. (FY99) Informal background paper on corruptionin Morocco.(FY99-00) CPAR(FY00) CDF Governance and Public SectorReform – draft under discussion.(FY00) CAS. Gives attention to public sectorreform and governance issues

(FY99) Anti-corruption Workshop forgovernment, private sector and civil society toinitiate a joint strategy regarding anti-corruptionactivities.(FY00) Follow-up to Workshop, includingsupport to secretariat of steering committee,preparation of action plans and backgroundbriefs.

(FY99) Policy Reform SupportLoan. (Expenditure management,Procurement, Judicial Reform).(FY00) Preparation of legal andjudicial development projects.

West Bank/Gaza (FY99) Government FinancialManagement Information System.

(FY99) Public Sector Review.(FY99) CPFA(FY00) CDF Governance and Public SectorReform – draft under discussion. .(FY00) PER. Publication and dissemination.

(FY98/99) Service Delivery Survey andworkshops (WBI).(FY99)Procurement Financial ManagementTraining

(FY99/00) Preparation of legal andjudicial development projects.

Tunisia (FY99) Social and Structural Review – focus onpublic sector performance.

Yemen (FY99) CAS. Pays particular attention tocorruption and civil service reform.(FY00/01) PER

(FY99) Procurement and Financial ManagementTraining.

(FY99) Legal and JudicialDevelopment.(FY99) Public Sector ManagementAdjustment Credit.(FY00) Civil ServiceModernization.

SOUTH ASIARegional programs (FY99) Corruption issues in South Asia – paper.

(FY99) Supervision and Procurement bestpractices paper.(FY00/01) Staff training on corruption.

(FY99) Anti-corruption seminar forparliamentarians (EDI, Canada, TI-Bangladesh).(FY00) Regional Workshop for Editors (WBI).

Bangladesh (FY99) IDF Grant. Improvegovernment auditing and financialmanagement.(FY99) TA. Assist Controller andAuditor General to develop abilityto conduct project audits.

(FY98) CAS. Strong discussion of governanceissues.(FY98) CPFA(FY99) Diagnostic case studies on corruption ingovernment.(FY99) Bangladesh Procurement Assessment

(FY98) Anti-corruption seminar (EDI).(FY99) Survey on corruption by TI-Bangladesh.

(FY01) Legal and Judicial ReformProject.





Study.(FY99-00) CPAR(FY00) Country paper on Corruption.(FY00) IGR(FY00) CFAA

Bhutan (FY98) CPFAIndia (FY99) IDF Grant. Upgrade

institutional capacity of AuditorGeneral of India.

(FY99) Corruption issues – Country paper.(FY99) Governance issues addressed in statestudies.(FY00) CDR(FY99) CPFA(FY00) Economic reports with substantialgovernance component (Rajasthan, AndhraPradesh)

(FY98) Anti-corruption seminar (WBI). (FY99/00) Governance and anti-corruption components underpreparation for Uttar PradeshProgram Loan 1

Maldives (FY98) CPFANepal (FY99) IDF Grant. Third IDF Grant

to upgrade institutional capacity ofAuditor General.

(FY98) CPFA(FY99) Corruption Issues – Country paper(FY99) CPAR

Pakistan (FY98) CPFA(FY99) Corruption Issues – Background paper.(FY99) PER(FY99) Governance paper for Pakistan 2010.(FY99/00) CPAR

(FY00-01) Pakistan Tripartite Baseline Survey. (Approved FY96) Improvement toFinancial Reporting and Auditingproject.

Sri Lanka (FY99) Corruption issues – Country paper.(FY99) CPFA(FY00) Governance and Accountability report.(FY00) Report on the media (WBI)

(FY00) Anti-corruption workshop and ActionPlan.




Strategy, Research and “Good Practice” Documents Bank-Staff Training Participation in International EffortsBANKWIDE ACTIVITIES(FY99-00) Public Sector Strategy Paper: “The World Bank: Addressing the Challenge ofReforming Public Institutions and Strengthening Governance.”

PREM Notes:(FY98) PREM Note 4: “Corruption and development”(FY99) PREM Note 7: “New frontiers in diagnosing and combating corruption”(FY99) PREM Note 19: “Using an ombudsman to oversee public officials”(FY99) PREM Note 23: “Using surveys for public sector reform”(FY99) PREM Note 24: “Fostering institutions to contain corruption”(FY99) PREM Note 25: “Assessing borrower ownership using reform readiness analysis”(FY00) PREM Note 26: “The law and economics of judicial reform”(FY00) PREM Note 29: “Assessing political commitment to fighting corruption”(FY00) PREM Note 30: “Mobilizing civil society to fight corruption in Bangladesh”(FY00) PREM Note 31: “Rethinking civil service reform”(FY00) PREM Note 33: “An anti-corruption strategy for revenue administration”(FY00) PREM Note 34: “Reducing court delays: Five lessons from the United States”

Training Workshops:(FY98) 48 Integrity Awareness Seminars atheadquarters and resident missions.(FY99) Anti-corruption Diagnostic Tools (PRMPS,WBI).(FY99) Mainstreaming Anti-corruption in the CAS(PRMPS, WBI).(FY99) Reducing Corruption: A Search for Lessonsof Experience (PRMPS, WBI).(FY99) Regional Orientation Workshops in AFR,EAP, ECA, LAC, MNA (Regions, WBI).Preparation for SAR (FY00).(FY99) New Employee Orientation: Ethicscomponent (OPE).

(FY98-99-00) Observer status at• OECD Working Group on Bribery,• International Chamber of

Commerce Standing Committee onExtortion and Bribery,

• DAC Experts Group on MonitoringPerformance in Good Governance,

• United Nations Office of DrugControl, and

• Interpol International Groups ofExperts on Corruption.

(FY98-99-00) Participation on MDBWorking Group on Governance, Anti-corruption and Capacity Building.




Strategy, Research and “Good Practice” Documents Bank-Staff Training Participation in International EffortsEDI/WBI Books and Working Papers:(FY98) “Curbing Corruption” (EDI Development Series)(FY98) The Importance of Supreme Audit Institutions in Curbing Corruption(FY98) Social Marketing Strategies to Curb Corruption(FY99) New Perspectives in Curbing Corruption (WBI with TI)(FY00) The Role of Media in Curbing Corruption

(FY99-00) DRG and other research (papers in final or draft form):• “Aggregating Governance Indicators”• “Governance Matters”• Review paper on the consequences of corruption.• “Assessing Political Will and Opportunity for Anti-Corruption”• “Corruption and Political Finance in Africa”• “Corruption, Public Finances and the Unofficial Economy”• “Making Voice Work: The Report Card on Bangalore’s Public Service”• “Moral Hazard and Optimal Corruption”• “Regulatory Discretion, Corruption and the Unofficial Economy”• “Decentralization Data Project” (Danish Governance TF)• “Does ‘Grease’ Payment Speed Up the Wheels of Commerce?”• “Corruption, Composition of Capital Flows and Currency Crisis”• “Rotten Bureaucracy and Endogenous Capital Controls”• “Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much?”, draft – under review for publication• “The effects of corruption and taxation on growth: Firm level evidence”, draft – under

review for publication. Joint with Ray Fisman, Columbia University• “The cost of doing business: Ugandan firms’ experiences with corruption” – Africa

Region Working Paper Series No. 6 (forthcoming)“Special Governance Zone” concept development in transition and developing economies

(FY99-00) Procurement Innovations Workshop(Danish Governance TF).