Rwanda’s Anti-Corruption Experience : Actions, Accomplishments, and Lessons
This study analyzes how Rwanda fought administrative corruption in the public sector over the last two decades. The focus on administrative corruption in the public sector is dictated by the difficulty of assessing, observing, and measuring corrupt...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/371741600749484414/Rwanda-s-Anti-Corruption-Experience-Actions-Accomplishments-and-Lessons http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34564 |
| Summary: | This study analyzes how Rwanda fought
administrative corruption in the public sector over the last
two decades. The focus on administrative corruption in the
public sector is dictated by the difficulty of assessing,
observing, and measuring corruption relating to state
capture and by emphasis that Rwandan officials have placed
on reducing corruption in the everyday workings of the
public sector. It may touch on some dimensions of governance
such as voice and accountability or the rule of law, it only
analyses them through their relationship to corruption. The
study is based primarily on face-to-face interviews
conducted in December 2019 with key individuals in and close
observers to the fight against corruption. This study
increases awareness of Rwanda’s anticorruption experience,
given its importance in Rwanda’s own development and its
relevance to international anticorruption efforts. The study
is organized as follows: the first section describes the
evolution of corruption in Rwanda to provide context for
anticorruption efforts. The second section discusses those
efforts, with a focus on transforming norms and standards,
on prevention, and on sanctions. The third section presents
the main factors of success. The fourth section identifies
the lessons that can be drawn from Rwanda. The fifth section
reflects on the remaining challenges in the country’s
anticorruption journey. |
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