Monday, October 23, 2006

Methods to Identify Corruption


Corruption may be one of the biggest threats to attempts to cutting poverty in the world's most deprived nations and it is a very complex job to identify properly. To find out what is going on requires an investigatory approach similar to that of a doctor diagnosing a patient's illness. Just as the doctor combines clinical observation with series of test results, the corruption investigator must use multiple peaces of evidence, derived from numbers of sources of information. In this regards, corruption is a joint composition of various variables of the society. Thus, investment in about one quarter of World Bank development programs may be at risk. The study of the corruption will not be meaningful unless one can have the empirical fact and figures with the contents.

Background of the Study:

To have a better knowledge of Corruption, one is likely to have a firmer grasp of what occurs in a government agency — and in its interactions with the public — if one can compare different sources and kinds of information. Thus far, the information available to USAID has been inadequate to address corruption challenges. Much use has been made of a few broad indices that purport to describe the general degree of corruption in a country, such as:

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