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Corruption poses a significant threat to development and has a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable …. Government agencies struggle to identify fraud and corruption in public expenditures. Risk assessments usually rely on manual … Governance Risk Assessment System (GRAS), a tool that uses advanced data analytics to improve the detection of risks of fraud …
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News headlines over the last few years have been filled with global scandals involving corruption on an unprecedented … operating procedures, will result in new corruption scandals in the post-COVID (coronavirus) years. There are already reports in … corruption and how countries are attempting to address this long-standing scourge on development …
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The Country Opinion Survey for FY2013 in Burkina Faso assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Burkina Faso perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies,...
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The Country Opinion Survey for FY2012 in Republic of Congo assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Republic of Congo perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral...
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specific approach discussed in this report is the "landscape approach" which, in turn, calls for improved "landscape governance … current governance challenges in Indonesia's lowlands, focusing on those related to the government sector, and discusses how … Indonesia's recent efforts to address the governance challenges in the management of peatlands and other lowland ecosystems …
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growing focus on the importance of good governance to ensure effective implementation. The European Commission's 6th Cohesion … Policy report notes that governance problems not only delay the implementation of Cohesion Policy programs but also reduce … the impact of these investments. The report states: 'a lower standard of governance can affect the impact of Cohesion …
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Global evidence suggests better infrastructure governance results in more efficient spending and better growth outcomes …, 2015; World Bank 2014; OECD, 2013a) demonstrate that improvements in infrastructure governance can lead to substantial … efficiency enhancements and enhanced infrastructure productivity over the life of the asset. Conversely, poor governance is a …
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Agriculture occupies a key position in the Kazakhstan economy. Although accounting for only 5 percent of GDP, agriculture continues to employ almost one third of the population. Studies of agriculture in Kazakhstan confirm significant un-tapped productive and export potential for the sector....
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The Botswana Mining Investment and Governance Review (MInGov) collects and shares information on mining sector … governance, its attractiveness to investors and how its activities affect national development. It reviews sector performance … Management and Intragovernmental Coordination. MInGov's methodology focuses on the status of governance and investment conditions …
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This report is part of a World Bank review of state-owned enterprise (SOE) governance practices in the Middle East and … North Africa (MENA) region. The focus on governance is motivated by research pointing to good governance as an important … precondition for successful and sustainable SOE reform. This report summarizes findings of six SOE governance reviews of Djibouti …
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