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Practitioners’ queries in 2004

Anti-corruption diagnostics/assessments on Georgia, Moldova and Tajikistan
Do you have suggestions for other possible sources of information on fiduciary risk for Georgia, Moldova and Tajikistan?

Direct budget support and corruption
What do donors know by now about the relation between corruption and the provision of budget support? ?

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives and the UNCAC .pdf
How realistic is it that EITI will lead to better governance including less corruption and a more broad-based development in the countries concerned? Are there any planned links between EITI principles and implementation UNCAC in the countries concerned?

Anti-Corruption in Punjab
Please provide information on any provincial level anti-corruption diagnostics or reports on Punjab, Pakistan (we already have the NIS study) as well as anti-corruption CSOs in Punjab?

Uganda’s National Anti-Corruption Strategy and PRSC processes
Please provide advice on the AC indicators in the Uganda PRSC process, as well as information about other countries' experiences where AC measures have been conditions for WB loans.

Could the South African anti-corruption law serve as a model in Sierra Leone?
Pointers to good anti-corruption strategies (incl. in-house)
What should a good anti-corruption corporate strategy consist of? And do you have a definition on "corporate strategy"?

Corruption and its Impact on the Poor
Please provide as many as possible of very short examples of how corruption affects the lives of poor people, with sources.

Corruption in Pakistan
Please provide information about the key sectors affected by corruption in Pakistan, recent initiatives to tackle it, and local institutions and people involved in anti-corruption work.

National Action Plans to combat Corruption (with focus on experience in Sub-Saharan Africa)
Could you give me examples of good National Action Plan to combat corruption, preferably from Sub Saharan Africa?

The UN Convention Against Corruption and the donor community .pdf
How donors could use the UN Convention Against Corruption as a tool to promote good governance in general and anti-corruption in particular?

Agency theory and public finance accountability
I am looking for reference documents on the application of principle-agent model and agency theory in public sector management and specifically in public finance accountability.

Government-led Efforts in Curbing Public Sector Corruption
Could you provide examples of good practice tackling corruption within the public sector in Malaysia, Korea and India both at national and sub-national level?

NGO campaigns to change attitudes and behaviour
Are there experience of awareness raising campaigns aimed at behaviour change in countries where a significant share of the population are poor and illiterate?

Information on the UN Convention against Corruption
Which countries have signed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Where is the text of the convention available?

Donor support to Civil Society Organisations as a means to reduce corruption
What kind of donor strategy is likely to support of civil society for the purpose of reducing corruption?

Anti-Corruption Measures in the Land Sector
What are the approaches to fighting corruption in the land sector, especially in countries in transition?

Signatories of the Africa Union Convention against corruption
Which countries have a) signed b) ratified the Africa Union Convention on prevention and combating corruption?

Commissions/Tribunals of Enquiries for Probing Corruption Cases
Can we introduce a system (similar to that used in the recent 'The Director of Public Prosecutions is a spy' case in South Africa), to obtain evidence and clear the innocent without resorting to a full criminal trial?

Linkages between corruption and human trafficking
Please describe some linkages between corruption and human trafficking. Which are possible counter-measures?


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