Corrupt Cities : A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention

By: Robert Klitgaard, Ronald Maclean-Abaroa, H. Lindsey Parris

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The movement toward decentralization, accountability, and democratic forms of government at the local level is gathering momentum and the enormous costs of corruption are being explicitly recognized. Corruption is an entrenched symptom of misgovernance often reflected in patronage, red tape, ineffective revenue-generating agencies, large-scale bribery in procurement, and failure to deliver services to city dwellers. But when local officials are accountable to their citizens, decisionmaking can become participatory. In turn, a participatory process can be the cornerstone of a strategy to reform 'sick' institutions and improve the welfare of city dwellers.'Corrupt Cities' is an important contribution to this emerging field, addressing the historical, traditional, and cultural contexts that create perverse incentives for corruption to exist. At the same time, this book provides practical solutions and a set of incentives charting a path away from misgovernance toward effective local governance.The authors present case studies of both success and failure to underscore that addressing corruption is only an entry point to deeper public-sector reforms. The book serves as a guide for local reformers and citizen groups intent on changing corrupt systems by introducing practical strategies to combat corruption and to reform local institutions. Practical tools and approaches are presented, including fiscal transfers, systems to track public revenues and expenditures, simplified rules to improve the procurement process, diagnostics, and participatory techniques for developing and monitoring local budgets.

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Institute for Contemporary Studies Foreword	p. VI
World Bank Institute Foreword	p. VIII
Preface	p. xi
The Importance of Corruption	p. 1
What Is "Corruption" and Why Is It Harmful?	p. 1
Definition	p. 1
An Example	p. 4
Why Is Corruption Such a Salient Issue Today?	p. 8
Why Do Many Efforts to Combat Corruption Fail?	p. 11
Formulating a Strategy	p. 17
Example of a Preventive Strategy	p. 17
How to Formulate a Strategy	p. 24
Corruption as a System	p. 31
An Economic Approach to Corruption	p. 31
Corruption as a Crime of Calculation	p. 34
A Framework for Policy Analysis	p. 36
Applying the Framework to Hong Kong	p. 41
The Example of Procurement	p. 46
Assessing Corruption	p. 49
Participatory Diagnosis	p. 49
What Participatory Diagnosis Is	p. 50
How Participatory Diagnosis Might Be Carried Out	p. 50
Technical Studies and Experiments	p. 54
Involving the Private Sector and Citizens	p. 60
Implementing Reform	p. 67
Organize the Fight against Corruption	p. 67
Pick Low-Hanging Fruit	p. 74
Align with Favorable Forces	p. 77
Rupture the Culture of Impunity	p. 78
Fry Big Fish	p. 79
Make a Splash	p. 81
Change Systems	p. 85
Work with Bureaucracy Not against It	p. 89
Begin with Something Positive	p. 89
Emphasize Information and Incentives	p. 90
Conclusions and Extended Remarks	p. 95
An Examination of Corruption	p. 95
The First Battle of La Paz	p. 97
Diagnosis	p. 99
Strategy	p. 99
Implementation	p. 102
Summary of Steps for fighting Corruption	p. 102
Sustaining Reforms	p. 102
Information and Incentives	p. 109
Corruption in Procurement	p. 117
A Stylized Four-Step Procurement Process	p. 120
Types of Corruption That Characterize Each Step	p. 120
Conditions Most Conducive to Corruption	p. 122
Indicators of Potentially Corrupt Activity	p. 124
Policy Remedies	p. 125
Recent Work on Procurement	p. 135
Second-Order Effects	p. 141
Dual-Sourcing	p. 143
Protest Mechanisms	p. 144
Concluding Remarks	p. 146
Notes	p. 151
Index	p. 157
The Authors	p. 162
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