Combating corruption and fraud in international development projects
This U4 presentation provides an introduction to the problem of corruption and fraud in international development projects, offers an overview of the most costly schemes and how to identify them, lists a series of detection and proof methods, and finally suggests a number of sanctions and countermeasures. (Move within the presentations by pressing the arrows at the bottom of the screen) |
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Corruption in Aid |
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Harald Mathisen
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8-minute video about corruption and aid in Tanzania In his book The World Bank and the Gods of Lending, author Steve Berkman finds nothing but mismanagement and hypocrisy: decades of assistance without any significant improvement in the lives of the poor; billions loaned for improving governance, health care and education with little to show for it; and donor funds given to dysfunctional government institutions or officials with a history of looting national treasuries. The above video features an interview with Steve Berkman. For a discussion on his findings, please see Global Development: Views from the Center blog.  Steve Berkman (2008) Corruption, Anti-corruption Efforts and Aid: Do Donors Have the Right Approach? Kolstad, I, Fritz, V and O’Neil, T (2008) Detailed Implementation Review India Health Sector 2006-2007 Volume I World Bank, Department of Institutional Integrity (2007) |