Trends in Corruption and Regulatory Burden in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

This study assesses levels and trends in corruption and the administrative burden from government regulation of private firms. It is largely based on the fourth round of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys (BEEPS) covering over 11,000 firms in 29 countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA). The report provides an update of the progress that ECA countries have made since 2005, extends (in certain respects) the analysis of corruption and regulatory burden on firms provided in the earlier Anticorruption in Transition (ACT) reports covering the period from 1999 to 2005, and in several instances provides comparisons of ECA countries to similar countries outside of the region using the World Bank enterprise surveys and other sources of data. Despite making significant progress on administrative bribery overall, corruption is cited more frequently by firms in the region as an obstacle to doing business than any other problem, with the exception of tax rates. In part, this continued perception of corruption as one of the most serious problems for business may reflect slower progress on other aspects of corruption not measured directly in firm-state interactions covered by the BEEPS.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-01-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCING, ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, ADVERTISING, ANTI-CORRUPTION, ANTICORRUPTION, BRIBE, BRIBERY, BRIBES, BUSINESS CLIMATE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS INDICATOR, BUSINESS INDICATORS, BUSINESS INTERACTIONS, BUSINESS REGULATION, BUSINESS SERVICES, BUSINESSES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CERTIFICATES, CHAPTER 7, COMPLAINTS, CONVICTIONS, COPYRIGHT, CORRUPT, CORRUPT PRACTICES, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION LAWS, COURT DECISIONS, COURT PERFORMANCE, COURT SYSTEM, CREDIBILITY, CRIME, CUSTOMS, DEMOCRACIES, E-MAIL, ELECTRICITY, ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, ENTERPRISE SURVEY, ENTERPRISE SURVEYS, FAIR COMPETITION, FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, FOREIGN TRADE, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT REGULATION, GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, GRAFT, GRAND CORRUPTION, ILLEGAL PAYMENTS, IMAGE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INITIATIVE, INSPECTION, INSPECTIONS, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, JUDGMENT, JUDICIAL DECISIONS, JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, JUDICIARY, KICKBACK, KICKBACKS, LAN, LARGE FIRMS, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LICENSE, LICENSES, MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET ECONOMIES, MATERIAL, MEDIA, MENTORING, NEPOTISM, OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, PATRONAGE, PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION, POLITICIANS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATIZATION, PROCUREMENT, PROCUREMENT LAW, PROCUREMENT LAWS, PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAWS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, QUERIES, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY REGIME, REGULATORY SYSTEMS, RESULT, RESULTS, SUPERVISION, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE CONNECTION, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, TRANSPARENCY, USERS, USES, WORLD TRADE,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20110208041632 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2265
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