PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND

COMBATING CORRUPTION

REVIEWED BY

MALIK NAVEED TARIQ

Name of Book: Performance Accountability and Combating Corruption

Edited By: Anwar Shah. Published by: 1818 H Street, N, Washington,

DC, 20433, USA

Year of Publication: 2007 No of Pages: 417 Price: Not Mentioned ISBN: 10: 0-8213-6941-5 13: 978-0-8213-6941-8

Anwar Shah is Lead Economist and Program Leader, Governance Program at the World Bank Institute, Washington, DC;

Member of the Executive Board of the International Institute of Public Finance, Munich, Germany and a Fellow of the Institute for Public Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

He is also affiliated as 'Honorary Professor' with the Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China and Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.

He has previously served the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada, the US Agency for International Development and the UN Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change as a lead author.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CHAPTERS1. Performance-Based Accountability Public Services

Delivery

2. Efficiency, Integrity, and Capacity: An Expanded Agenda for Public Management?

3. Can E-Government Make Public Governance More Accountable?

4. Networks and Collaborative Solutions to Performance Measurement and Improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

5. The Role of Political Institutions in Promoting Accountability

Cont…….

CHAPTERS7. Legal and Institutional Frameworks Supporting

Accountability in Budgeting and Service Delivery Performance

8. Tailoring the Fight against Corruption to Country Circumstances Disrupting Corruption

9. Corruption in Tax Administration

10.Corruption and Fraud Detection by Supreme Audit Institutions

11.Public Sector Performance Auditing in Developing Countries

12.The Growth of Parliamentary Budget Offices

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

Budgeting and Budgetary Institutions

Local Budgeting

Local Public Financial Management

Performance Accountability and

Combating Corruption

Tools for Public Sector Evaluations

Macro Federalism and Local Finances

Citizen-Centered Governance

Why Collective Action against corruption?

Different Views of Corruption

Short definition:

Corruption is the misuse of entrusted power for personal or private gain

Different types of private sector corruption:

Bribery Kickbacks

Extortion Political financing

State capture

Sources of Corruption

Lack of transparency and accountability in the public sector

Lack of transparency and accountability in the private sector

Poor regulation of political contributions

Low public sector wages

Weak enforcement of laws and regulations

Lack of free and independent media

Excessive discretionary authority of public officials

Collective Action

Companies

GovernmentCivil Society

Collective Action usually involves multiple stakeholders

Collective Action usually involves multiple stakeholders

CollectiveAction

REALLY HONEST PERSON WILL NOT

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MEASURES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION

Prevention. An Important Tool in Fighting Corruption

Broad Based Capacity Building to Strengthen all Pillars of Integrity

Capacity Building The Role of the National Integrity Unit in

Integrating Reforms Raising Public Awareness

ANY Questions?

MALIK NAVEED TARIQ

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