Overview of Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Kyrgyzstan
Query
Please provide an overview of the nature and impact of corruption in Kyrgyzstan. What legal and institutional framework is available to address corruption?Purpose
The report is to be used as background documentation to inform our Central Asia anti-corruption strategy.
Content
1. Overview of corruption in Kyrgyzstan
2. Governance structure and anti-corruption efforts
3. References
Summary
Kyrgyzstan faces major challenges of widespread corruption in all sectors of the economy and at all levels of the state apparatus, including entrenched corruption, political instability, infiltration of state institutions by criminal groups, and economic problems. Corruption and years of cronyism and clientelistic practices have fuelled citizen discontent and political instability, leading to a popular uprising in 2010, and to the election of a new government in 2011. Since then, the country has intensified its efforts to fight corruption. Several measures have been taken to reduce bureaucratic corruption and the negative impact of corruption on the business environment. Measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and to reform other law enforcement institutions are also underway. It remains to be seen whether the new government’s apparent political resolve to fight corruption will translate into real changes in the country.
Author(s): Maira Martini, Transparency International, mmartini@transparency.org
Reviewed by: Marie Chene, Transparency International, mchene@transparency.org; Dieter Zinnbauer, Transparency International, dzinnbauer@transparency.org
Publication date: 24 April 2013
Number: 363