This paper examines the data sources and methodologies used in economic research on corruption by analyzing 339 journal articles published in 2022 that include Journal of Economic Literature codes. The...
Although green public procurement has been established as a desirable policy goal across the globe, especially in the European Union, its scope and impacts remain severely understudied. This paper provides...
The objective of the Governance Reform and Accountability Transformation (GREAT) Project for Liberia is to enhance access to selected digitally provided public services, raise tax revenues, and improve...
This EFI Insight distills critical insights from the implementation of Beneficial Ownership Registers (BORs) in Nigeria, North Macedonia, Kenya, and the United Kingdom. The experiences of these countries...
Corruption harms communities and impacts the global economy. It discourages business opportunities, hinders foreign aid and investment, and exacerbates inequality. It victimizes society’s most vulnerable...
The Empowering Civil Society and Journalists in Oversight and Promotion of Effective Anti-Corruption Environment Project has been in the field from July 2020 onwards, coming to its closure in June 2023...
This guide is intended for several stakeholders. Policy makers and asset declaration practitioners can use it while creating a new disclosure form or redesigning an existing one to make it more robust...
This document complements the Policy Guidelines for Managing Unsolicited Proposals in Infrastructure Projects (Volume I, Volume II, and Volume III). These Guidelines recommend that USPs, when accepted...
Several countries have in recent years introduced the unexplained wealth order (UWO) as a tool to improve recoveries of the proceeds of crime—particularly kleptocracy, the fruits of corruption by government...
This paper sets out to measure and analyze corruption risks, patterns of favoritism, and state capture in public procurement in Bulgaria. It draws on two main types of data: large-scale administrative...
This technical note (TN) discusses anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision and was prepared within the specific constraints noted below. This International...
This paper studies cartels in public infrastructure procurement and analyzes the conditions under which they succeed in generating rents. It first conceptualizes the interplay of the central actors of...