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Rajni Bajpai and Bernard Myers

 Ä¾¹ÏÓ°Ôº has undertaken a fresh assessment of challenges governments face in tackling corruption, what instruments tend to work and why, and how incremental progress is being achieved in specific country contexts. This flagship report shows positive examples of how countries are progressing in their fight against corruption. It is part of a series of initiatives being led by the Equitable Growth, Finance & Institutions (EFI) Vice Presidency to reaffirm the Bank¡¯s commitment to anticorruption. The report follows the Anticorruption Initiatives completed last December. It also informs our pending work on the Bank¡¯s Anticorruption Action Plan - on how we will be implementing anticorruption work going forward.

The report draws on the collective experts of staff across the World Bank to develop ways for enhancing the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies in selected sectors and through targeted policy instruments. It covers issues, challenges and trends in five key thematic areas: Public Procurement; Public Infrastructure; State Owned Enterprises; Customs Administration; and Delivery of Services in selected sectors. The report also focuses on cross-cutting themes such as transparency, citizen engagement and Gov-tech; selected tools to build integrity; and the role and effectiveness of anticorruption agencies, tax and audit administrations, and justice systems. It features a country case study on Malaysia that traces the history of a country¡¯s anti-corruption efforts over the last few decades. 

**The report highlights that with the COVID-19 global pandemic, billions of dollars are being borrowed and spent by countries circumventing standard accountability procedures to manage the COVID-19 situation, leading to enhanced risk of corruption. To foster greater accountability, governments need to clearly articulate their actions, enforce rules, address violations, and remedy problems as quickly as possible in a transparent manner. The core tools of fiscal transparency, citizen engagement, and social accountability become ever more important.   

Explore the Chapters

by James Anderson

PART I: CONFRONTING CORRUPTION IN SECTORS AND FUNCTIONS

by Joel Turkewitz

•  by Fiona Davies, Carrie Farley and Geoff Handley
•  by Joel Turkewitz, Mihaly Fazekas and
•  by and Joel Turkewitz

 by Ida Richter Gade and

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•  by Ida Richter Gade, Nicolas Penagos and Sophie Brown

 by Sunita Kikeri and

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•  by Kjetil Hansen, Soren Kirk Jensen and

 by , Ernani Checcucci Filho and

•  by Andreas Henrik Fiebelkorn
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 by Jana Kunicova

•  by Thomas Shipley
•  by Thomas Shipley
•  by Sarah Steingr¨¹ber

PART II: KEY INSTRUMENTS FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION

 by Stephen Davenport and

•  by Blair Cameron
•  by Blair Cameron

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•  by Pooja Churamani, and

 by Dmytro Kotlyar and

•  by Dmytro Kotlyar and
•  by , Laura Stefan and Silviu Popa

 by , and Zosia Sztykowski

 by Prof. Jeffrey Owens, Joy Waruguru Ndubai and Siddhesh Rao 

•  by Prof. Jeffrey Owens, Joy Waruguru Ndubai and Siddhesh Rao 
•  by Prof. Jeffrey Owens, Joy Waruguru Ndubai and Siddhesh Rao 

PART III: ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION

 by Alan Doig and Francesca Recanatini

 by Seongjun Kim, Donald Mpande, Pooja Churamani, and Carmen Loo

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COUNTRY SPOTLIGHT:  by and