Anti-Corruption Country Reports
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(Note: The findings in some of these country reports may be out-of-date, but they can still provide useful examples of how to conduct focused and insightful reports on the state of corruption in the targeted country.)
The High Office of Oversight (HOO), established in 2008, is at the forefront of the Afghan Government’s (GIRoA) fight against corruption. Understanding the importance of their mission, the HOO leadership requested assistance from USAID to conduct a human resources assessment to help assure that the HOO has the proper structure, systems and resources needed to carry out its legal mandates successfully into the future.
Assistance for Afghanistan’s Anticorruption Authority (4A) Project, Final Report – November 15, 2013
This is the Final Report of the three-year Assistance for Afghanistan’s Anticorruption Authority (4A) Project which the USAID Office of Democratic Governance/Kabul funded from October 2010 to November 2013. It describes the multi-faceted technical assistance provided by the project to the High Office of Anticorruption (HOAC) to strengthen its policy and planning, management, operational and IT capacities. The goal was to equip the HOAC to effectively deliver on its mandate to help other government agencies, ministries and bodies to identify and eliminate corruption risks within their administrative processes. The 4A Project also worked closely with civil society organizations, the parliament and mass media to develop the awareness, motivation and skills necessary to become effective and sustainable partners to government to combat corruption.
USAID Anti-Corruption Program Efficacy in Sub-Saharan Africa – August 2018
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of USAID programming in meeting anti-corruption goals in sub-Saharan Africa. The research will serve as a foundation for informing future anti-corruption program design and implementation, and may lead to further analysis. The research team focused on 90 USAID programs over the past decade with a stated focus, in whole or in part, on anti-corruption, accountability, transparency or integrity. They read available documents and interviewed USAID staff associated with the programs. The review included programs with a primary focus on anti-corruption and those with another focus that contained anti-corruption sub-objectives, indicators or reporting.
This report describes the design and piloting of a rapid corruption assessment checklist tool for USAID Missions in Africa that is meant to support field analysts in identifying positive features and deficiencies in current anti-corruption programs. The tool can be applied by Missions to assess the extent to which countries have put in place the appropriate laws, institutions, and programs that are typically required to implement comprehensive anti-corruption strategies. Based on this information, Missions can program for anti-corruption activities appropriately. The tool can also be used by USAID to collect comparative data across countries to identify general patterns regionally.
The objectives of this research are to provide USAID missions, Ministries of Health, and hospitals and clinics in Africa with a detailed analysis of vulnerabilities in healthcare delivery and practical recommendations to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability in healthcare services. This report presents the major comparative findings and analyses of the study which was conducted in Benin, Mozambique and Tanzania during 2006. In this study, corruption is defined as “the use of public office for private gain” and the health system is broken down into four dimensions: the service delivery process (the provision of health care) including the interaction with the public/users; human resource management; procurement, supply chain and logistic management; and health financing and financial management. Using this analytical foundation, research was designed to investigate the vulnerabilities to corruption in each of these four dimensions.
Djibouti Anti-Corruption Program (DACP), Final Performance Report – March 31, 2010
The major objectives of the Djibouti Anti-Corruption Program (DACP) were to enhance transparency and oversight, thus contributing to government effectiveness and political stability in Djibouti. Djibouti is a nation of strategic importance to the United States, but it has major internal problems stemming from a lack of transparency and accountability. Domestic stability might eventually be undermined by these types of problems if left unattended. As a result, the promotion of better institutional checks and balances will likely improve the country’s democracy and governance performance. The key goal of the DACP Project was to support the development of improved government controls that will begin to turn the tide toward opening government and making it more accountable to its people.
Institutional Integrity Framework Assessment Guide, Liberia – April 2017
The Integrity Framework is defined as a set of policies and practices that establish safeguards to prevent corruption in public institutions. The objective of the Integrity Framework Assessment (IFA) is to enable public institutions to prioritize and enhance their corruption prevention policies and practices. This report presents how the IFA was adapted to the Liberian case to provide a quick scan of the status of the integrity framework and corruption prevention measures of public agencies. IFA assesses ten dimensions of the integrity framework: Leadership and Commitment; Decision Making and Discretionary Power; Conflicts of Interest; Code of Conduct; Gifts and Benefits; Whistleblowing and Internal Reporting; Complaint Management; Management and Internal Control; Internal Audit; and Transparency and Access to Information.
Morocco Corruption Assessment – October 16, 2008
This report seeks to provide context on the current state of corruption in Morocco and efforts to combat it as of June 2008. It seeks to assist USAID/Morocco in considering elements for its new country strategy for 2009-2013. Morocco needs to work on the most rudimentary anticorruption activities as well as specific national anticorruption interventions. Priority activities consist of completing and implementing the anticorruption legal framework which has become the international standard in the area of anticorruption. The assessment makes many recommendations for action, including interventions where USAID has comparative advantage based on program history, access to institutions and sector expertise. The team does not recommend a stand alone anticorruption activity but rather an integrated approach that takes advantage of USAID’s history in education promotion, local governance improvement and support to inspection services in selected ministries. The audit courts represent an opportunity to increase oversight capacity through specific training on best practices at both the national and international levels.
Corruption Assessment: Mozambique, Final Report - December 16, 2005
The scale and scope of corruption in Mozambique are cause for alarm. This corruption is a symptom of democratic and governance weaknesses in the country, and these structural weaknesses amplify a threat that has the potential to undermine Mozambique’s future development progress. As a consequence, Mozambique’s nascent democratic government and the significant success of the country’s development efforts are at risk.
Paraguay Anticorruption Project, Final Report - November 30, 2006
Overall, the project’s goals have been to 1) provide oversight on the performance of the judicial sector and implement judicial reforms through civil society organizations (CSOs) and the media, and 2) promote transparency and accountability in public institutions by addressing national issues through a civic journalism program with the media. The project succeeded in increasing the involvement of CSOs in oversight and advocacy for reforms in the judicial sector, in improving the quality of investigative reporting and coverage of key governance issues, specifically transparency and accountability, and in working with governmental counterparts to implement reforms that will make them more effective in controlling, investigating, and prosecuting corruption.
The Integrity Development Review (IDR) is a diagnostic and remedial tool intended to reduce corruption through a systematic assessment of: (1) the agency’s establishment and deployment of integrity enhancing measures; and (2) the vulnerability of its systems to corruption. As a result of such assessment and follow-on programs, there should be continuous improvement in the agency’s systems and processes as it performs its mandate. More importantly, it should lead to enhancement in the agency’s corruption prevention program. The IDR has been implemented in various agencies of the Executive Branch of the Philippine Government.
Corruption Assessment of Rwandan Health Sector - December 23, 2008
Unlike most country corruption assessments that address broader political and economic forces and provide a review of corruption vulnerabilities in several sectors, this report and its recommendations focus primarily on the Rwandan health sector. But to put the situation of the health sector into proper context, the report starts with an analysis of Rwanda’s political dynamics, general corruption characteristics, key national anti-corruption institutions and stakeholders, and the country’s track record in fighting corruption over time.
USAID/Russia’s Community Participation and Regional Advocacy Project in the Russian Far East produced many successes that have strengthened the foundation for effective citizen advocacy efforts and grassroots initiatives into the future. The project was implemented by Management Systems International (MSI) between September 29, 2006 and November 30, 2009 in Khabarovskiy and Primorskiy krais. The objectives of these two complementary components were:
- Municipal Community Alliances Program (MuCAP): Enhance ways for citizens to participate in local governance, promote community-based volunteerism and support the joint efforts of local governments, citizens and businesses around community-driven grassroots initiatives.
- Our Rights Program: Strengthen the capacity of municipal and regional organizations to develop and implement advocacy initiatives that effectively address community priorities and reform policies to improve the quality of life.
Three large national household surveys were conducted in Ukraine to measure citizen attitudes toward and experience with corruption between 2007 and 2009. Their purpose was to monitor trends in corruption during the period in which the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program was being implemented in Ukraine (December 2006-September 2009). Over this period of time, there have been many reforms and activities conducted under the MCC Threshold program by the Government of Ukraine, US Government agencies, and implementing partners aimed at reducing corruption. As well, many significant political and economic events have occurred in Ukraine during this period that are likely to have had an impact on citizen perceptions of corruption and trends in corrupt behaviors.
Advocacy and monitoring campaigns conducted by strong and capable civil society and mass media organizations can keep anticorruption issues high on the public agenda and can exert considerable pressure on government to implement transparency and accountability reforms. For three years, from late 2006 through late 2009, the Promoting Active Citizen Engagement in Combating Corruption in Ukraine Project (ACTION) 1 was implemented by Management Systems International (MSI) and took positive steps to advance these outcomes. As a component of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold Country Program (MCC/TCP) in Ukraine and funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the ACTION project worked closely with Ukrainian NGOs, journalists, and survey research groups to advance practical anticorruption goals by supporting public awareness campaigns, targeted advocacy efforts, watchdog and monitoring activities, direct dialogues and negotiations with public authorities, legal support for victims of corruption, investigative reporting in the media, and public opinion polling.
