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Building a clean machine : anti-corruption coalitions and sustainable reform

Johnston, Michael; Kpundeh, Sahr J. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

Many societies have limited corruption through the broad-based mobilization of a diverse range of interests willing and able to defend themselves by making meaningful demands for accountability of, and limits on, official power, and for an end to illicit advantages enjoyed by others....

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Localization and corruption : panacea or pandora's box?

Gurgur, Tugrul; Shah, Anwar - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

An extensive literature on the relationship between decentralization (or localization) and corruption has developed in … recent years. While some authors argue that there is a positive relationship between decentralization and corruption, others … claim that decentralization in fact leads to a reduction in the level of corruption. This important policy question has not …

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Does greater accountability improve the quality of delivery of public services? Evidence from Uganda

Deininger, Klaus; Mpuga, Paul - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

While the importance of corruption as a possible impediment to foreign investment in an international context is now well realized, it is not clear to what extent corruption affects, either directly through bribe-taking or indirectly through inadequate quality of public services, the level of...

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Governance and returns on investment : an empirical investigation

Isham, Jonathan; Kaufmann, Daniel; Pritchett, Lant - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1995

Using data from the World Bank's Operations Evaluation Department, the authors examine the link between the performance of Bank-financed projects and various indicators of country governance. They find that: there is a strong statistical, and possibly casual, link between civil liberties and...

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Public officials and their institutional environment - an analytical model for assessing the impact of institutional change on public sector performance

Manning, Nick; Mukherjee, Ranjana; Gokcekus, Omer - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000

To perform well, public officials must be confident enough about the future, to be able to see a relationship between their efforts, and an eventual outcome. Their expectations are shaped by their institutional environment. If the rules are not credible, or are unlikely to be enforced, of if...

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Investment climate reform - going the last mile : the bulldozer initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Herzberg, Benjamin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

The author examines the Bulldozer Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an innovative reform methodology that successfully overcame the lack of political will and capacity at the government level through a bottom-up approach. Using an innovative grassroots and public awareness methodology, the...

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Decentralization and public services : the case of immunization

Khaleghian, Peyvand - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003

The author studies the impact of political decentralization on childhood immunization, an essential public service …-income countries from 1980 to 1997. The author finds that decentralization has different effects in low- and middle-income countries … vaccines. Both results are significant at the 99 percent level. Modifiers of the decentralization-immunization relationship …

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Public spending and outcomes : does governance matter?

Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil; Swaroop, Vinaya - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002

The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it affects the relationship between public spending and outcomes. Their main innovation is to see if differences in efficacy of public spending can be explained by quality of...

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Anti-corruption policies and programs : a framework for evaluation

Huther, Jeff; Shah, Anwar - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000

country with moderate corruption and fair governance, the priorities would be decentralization and economic reform, results …

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Does"grease money"speed up the wheels of commerce?

Kaufman, Daniel; Wei, Shang-Jin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999

If bureaucratic burden and delay are exogenous, a firm may find bribes a helpful way to cut through red tape. According to the"efficient grease"hypothesis, corruption can improve economic efficiency, and,fighting bribery can be counterproductive. This need not be the case. In a general...

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