Mauritania : Anti-Corruption Study

This report provides analytic support to the National Anti-corruption Strategy (NACS) formulation, offers lessons from international experience on governance and anti-corruption (GAC) policy, and generally supports the Government and its development partners to better understand the phenomenon of corruption in Mauritania. The report is structured as follows: Chapter 2 focuses on the definition and measurement of corruption and the Mauritanian political economy. Chapter 3 focuses on corruption in public procurement. Chapter 4 concentrates on corruption in the courts of law. Chapter 5 deals with the extractive industries. Chapter 6 focuses on corruption from the perspective of the private sector, based on the results of the recent Investment Climate Assessment (ICA). On the basis of the analysis conducted in this report, the single most important message concerns the need for maintaining momentum and pressing ahead with the finalization of ongoing anti-corruption strategic thinking and legislation, and the implementation of already approved GAC laws and measures. Looking forward, the emphasis should shift from passing laws and rules to concrete implementation of procedures on a broader agenda of greater political accountability. Priority areas include: (1) independence of the media, (2) monitoring procedures (such as a governance diagnostic survey) and (3) the establishment of an effective mechanism through which the voice of citizens and users of public services can be heard.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-09
Subjects:	ABUSE, ABUSES, ACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION, ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE, ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM, AMBITION, ANTI-CORRUPTION, ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY, AUDIT OFFICE, AUTHORITY, AWARD OF CONTRACTS, BANKING SECTOR, BANKING SYSTEM, BANKS, BID RIGGING, BIDDING, BRIBE, BRIBERY, BRIBES, BUDGETARY FUNDS, BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRALIZATION, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL LAW, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CODE OF CONDUCT, CODES OF CONDUCT, COLLUSION, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, COMPLAINT, COMPLAINTS, CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, CONSENSUS, CONSTITUENCIES, CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, CORRUPT, CORRUPT PRACTICES, CORRUPT PROCUREMENT, CORRUPTION ISSUES, CORRUPTION PERCEPTION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX, COUNCILS, COURT DECISIONS, COURT PERSONNEL, CPI, DEBT MANAGEMENT, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY, DECISION MAKING PROCESS, DECISION-MAKERS, DECISION-MAKING, DECISION-MAKING BODY, DECLARATION OF ASSETS, DECREE, DECREES, DEGREE OF CORRUPTION, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS, DEMOCRATIZATION, DEPENDENT, DOMESTIC DEBT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMBEZZLEMENT, ENACTMENT, ESTATE, ETHIC, ETHICAL STANDARDS, ETHICS, EXECUTION, EXPENDITURE, EXTERNAL FINANCING, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, FIGHTING CORRUPTION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN RESERVES, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES, GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTICS, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS, GOVERNANCE REFORMS, GOVERNANCE SYSTEM, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GRAND CORRUPTION, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, INCOME, INFORMAL PAYMENTS, INFORMAL SECTOR, INITIATIVE, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTITUTIONALIZATION, INSURANCE, INTEGRITY, INVESTIGATIONS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, JUDGES, JUDGMENTS, JUDICIAL COUNCILS, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE, JUDICIAL PROCESS, JUDICIAL SECTOR, JUDICIAL SERVICES, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, JUDICIARY, JURISDICTION, JUSTICE, JUSTICES, KICKBACKS, LACK OF COMPETITION, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, LAWS, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL SYSTEM, LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION, LEGISLATORS, LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MEASUREMENT OF CORRUPTION, MEDIA, MERITOCRACY, MILITARY REGIME, MINISTER, MONOPOLIES, NATIONAL GOVERNANCE, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEPOTISM, OFFICE HOLDERS, OLIGARCHY, OPPOSITION PARTIES, PARLIAMENT, PATRONAGE, PER CAPITA INCOME, PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION, PERSONAL GAIN, PETTY CORRUPTION, POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY, POLITICAL COMPETITION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INFLUENCE, POLITICAL LEADERS, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL POWER, POLITICAL STABILITY, POLITICIANS, POOR GOVERNANCE, PREFERENTIAL, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTER, PRIVATE GAIN, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATIZATION, PROCUREMENT, PROCUREMENT POLICY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC CONTRACTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORRUPTION, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, PUBLIC SUPPORT, REFERENDUM, REGULATORY QUALITY, REMEDIES, REPATRIATION, REPRESENTATIVES, RULE OF LAW, SALARIES, SANCTION, SANCTIONS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SLAVERY, STATE BUDGET, STATE CONTROL, STATE PARTICIPATION, STATE PROCUREMENT, STATE RESOURCES, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, TAXATION, TELEVISION, THEFT, TRANSPARENCY, UNDUE INFLUENCE, VESTED INTERESTS, VIOLENCE, VOTING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/16448058/mauritania-anti-corruption-study https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12731
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