Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption
Corruption is bad for development. Leaving aside the morality of bribe taking, influence peddling, embezzlement, and other abuses of power for personal or narrow group gain, corruption impedes investment and growth and exacerbates poverty and inequ...
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okr-10986-114772021-04-23T14:02:55Z Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption World Bank ABUSE ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION LEGISLATION ASSETS AUDITING AUDITORS BANKS BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES CIVIL PENALTIES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DUE PROCESS ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL PROCESS EMBEZZLEMENT ETHICS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNORS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IMPRISONMENT INEQUALITY INFLUENCE PEDDLING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS JUDGES JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LAWYERS LEGISLATORS MALFEASANCE MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER MINISTERS NEPOTISM OFFENDER OFFENDERS OFFICEHOLDER OFFICEHOLDERS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL APPOINTEES POLITICAL CORRUPTION POLITICIANS PRIME MINISTER PRISON PROSECUTORS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC AUDITS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUNISHMENT RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST CORRUPTION SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSPARENCY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY WILL Corruption is bad for development. Leaving aside the morality of bribe taking, influence peddling, embezzlement, and other abuses of power for personal or narrow group gain, corruption impedes investment and growth and exacerbates poverty and inequality. Human beings are prone to self-seeking behavior. What constrains individual behavior and makes it conform to larger collective ends includes the laws that form the core of norms and institutions. Corruption can never be completely or permanently eliminated. Effective and durable corruption control requires multiple, reinforcing, and overlapping institutions of accountability. And where corruption is endemic, these institutions need to be of three kinds: horizontal accountability, vertical accountability, and external accountability. 2012-08-13T15:10:46Z 2012-08-13T15:10:46Z 1999-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/06/16366671/fostering-institutions-contain-corruption http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11477 English PREM Notes; No. 24 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ABUSE ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION LEGISLATION ASSETS AUDITING AUDITORS BANKS BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES CIVIL PENALTIES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DUE PROCESS ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL PROCESS EMBEZZLEMENT ETHICS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNORS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IMPRISONMENT INEQUALITY INFLUENCE PEDDLING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS JUDGES JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LAWYERS LEGISLATORS MALFEASANCE MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER MINISTERS NEPOTISM OFFENDER OFFENDERS OFFICEHOLDER OFFICEHOLDERS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL APPOINTEES POLITICAL CORRUPTION POLITICIANS PRIME MINISTER PRISON PROSECUTORS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC AUDITS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUNISHMENT RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST CORRUPTION SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSPARENCY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY WILL |
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ABUSE ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION LEGISLATION ASSETS AUDITING AUDITORS BANKS BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES CIVIL PENALTIES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DUE PROCESS ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL PROCESS EMBEZZLEMENT ETHICS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNORS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IMPRISONMENT INEQUALITY INFLUENCE PEDDLING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS JUDGES JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LAWYERS LEGISLATORS MALFEASANCE MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER MINISTERS NEPOTISM OFFENDER OFFENDERS OFFICEHOLDER OFFICEHOLDERS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL APPOINTEES POLITICAL CORRUPTION POLITICIANS PRIME MINISTER PRISON PROSECUTORS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC AUDITS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUNISHMENT RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST CORRUPTION SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSPARENCY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY WILL World Bank Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption |
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Corruption is bad for development.
Leaving aside the morality of bribe taking, influence
peddling, embezzlement, and other abuses of power for
personal or narrow group gain, corruption impedes investment
and growth and exacerbates poverty and inequality. Human
beings are prone to self-seeking behavior. What constrains
individual behavior and makes it conform to larger
collective ends includes the laws that form the core of
norms and institutions. Corruption can never be completely
or permanently eliminated. Effective and durable corruption
control requires multiple, reinforcing, and overlapping
institutions of accountability. And where corruption is
endemic, these institutions need to be of three kinds:
horizontal accountability, vertical accountability, and
external accountability. |
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Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption |
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Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption |
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Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption |
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Fostering Institutions to Contain Corruption |
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