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The Challenge
Inefficient use of existing water sector finances Lack of investment Millions dying from lack of clean water and basic sanitation: Reaching the MDGs is unlikely Degradation of water resources and ecosystems Unjust distribution of water services and resources Lack of democratic influence for stakeholders
Corruption affects who gets what water when, where and how. It determines how costs are distributed between different actors and the environment.
Varies across the sector and national/sub-national governance settings World Bank estimates of project corruption in highly corrupt countries could be 30-40% prior to anti-corruption initiative If 30% is correct US$20 billion could be lost in the next decade to meet the MDGs for WSS in Africa* Much need for diagnostics!
WSS in South Asia False readings: 41% of customers had paid a bribe in last 6 months Illegal connections: 20% of households admitted paying a bribe to utility staff Contractors: 15% excess cost because of collusion Kickbacks: 6-11% of contracts value
(Davis,WSP Study, 2003)
* Based on a 6.7 US$ billion annual estimate for WSS expenditure requirements
What is corruption?
Definitions the use of public office for private gain (WB) the abuse of entrusted power for private gain (TI)
Collusion: secret agreement between contractors to increase profit margin Fraud: falsification of records, invoices etc. Extortion: use of coercion or threats. E.g. a payment to secure / protect ongoing
service (cf. collusive corruption where both sides benefit)
Favoritism/Nepotism in allocation of public office Grand corruption: high level, political corruption Petty corruption: corruption in public administration and/or during
implementation or continuing operation and maintenance
Causes of corruption
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
Typical civil service behavior The construction industry (most corrupt sector?)
An Interaction Framework
Public to public
Diversion of resources Appointments and transfers Embezzlement and fraud in planning and budgeting
Public to private
Procurement collusion, fraud, bribery Construction fraud and bribery
Private
Public Actors
Public Officials
Consumers
An Interaction Framework
An Interaction Framework
State Capture of policy and regulatory frameworks Bribery, fraud, collusion in tenders Fraud / bribes in construction
Illegal connections Speed bribes Billing/payment bribes bribery / fraud in community procurement elite capture
Anti-corruption Measures
Policy and tariff reform Separation Transparent minimum standards Independent auditing Citizen oversight and monitoring Technical auditing Participatory planning and budgeting Performance based staff reforms Transparent, competitive appointments
Unqualified senior staff Low salaries, high perks, cf. HH assets Increase in price of informal water
Anti-corruption Measures
Simplify tender documents Bidding transparency Independent tender evaluation Integrity pacts Citizen oversight and monitoring Technical auditing Citizen auditing, public hearings Benchmarking SSIP support mechs
payments
Single source
Anti-corruption Measures
Corruption assessments Citizen monitoring and oversight Illegal connections Report cards access / Transparency in speed payments reporting
Payment systems
Transparency and access to information Improving accountability Institutional and policy reform Enforcement and regulation Education and advocacy Integrity
Areas to explore
What is the viability of specific sector interventions? How can decentralization be harnessed as an anti-corruption strategy? How are these measures different from current reform efforts? How do we make anti-corruption work for the poor?
Why pro-poor anti-corruption approaches? Understanding the poors interaction with corruption Identifying hotspots in the water sector Developing responses to bring benefit to the poor
Identifying hotspots
A flow of corrupt interactions in which the poor are paying bribes to stay in the system and receiving bribes (as officials or de-facto officials) which ones matter most?