Good-Practice Note : Governance and Anti-Corruption Innovations in the Malawi Social Action Fund Project
The World Bank supported three phases Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) project was first approved in 1996. Malawi, with a population of 13 million, is a low income country with one of the lowest per capita incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Malawi con...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/14875606/good-practice-note-governance-anti-corruption-innovations-malawi-social-action-fund-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11088 |
| Summary: | The World Bank supported three phases
Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) project was first approved
in 1996. Malawi, with a population of 13 million, is a low
income country with one of the lowest per capita incomes in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Malawi continues to face a variety of
social, economic, political and administrative challenges
including high inflation, low salaries/pensions of public
officials, chronic resource shortages, dearth of public
goods and services, unethical individual behavior, and
kinship and nepotism. As a result of these factors,
corruption remains a major problem in Malawi. In response to
these challenges, Malawi has introduced a number of
initiatives aimed at promoting good governance and fighting
endemic corruption. In May 2004, President Bingu Wa
Mutharika, immediately after taking office adopted a zero
tolerance stance on corruption. This was subsequently
formalized into a declaration on zero tolerance on
corruption in February 2007. MASAF projects'
commendable work in identifying governance and
accountability risks and integrating mitigation measures
into proposed project activities. |
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