Description: Setting Standards for Communication and Governance : The Example of Infrastructure Projects

Setting Standards for Communication and Governance : The Example of Infrastructure Projects

This paper outlines a number of practical initiatives to strengthen the role of development communication in infrastructure projects. The authors aim to facilitate better quality projects and to build consensus on the type of governance reforms nee...

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Main Authors:	Hass, Lawrence, Mazzei, Leonardo, O'Leary, Donal
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ADB AIR ANTI-BRIBERY ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES ANTICORRUPTION PLANS ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGIES ASSET DECLARATIONS AUTHORITY AUTONOMY AWARENESS OF CORRUPTION BEST PRACTICE BID RIGGING BIDDING BPI BRIBE BRIBE PAYERS BRIBERY BRIBERY CONVENTION BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS BRIBES BRIDGE BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COALITIONS COLLUSION COMBATING BRIBERY COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONFIDENCE CONGRESSMEN CONSENSUS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY CORRUPT CORRUPT ACT CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION ISSUES CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX CORRUPTION PREVENTION CPI CRIMINAL CRISES DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKERS DECISION-MAKERS DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DEMOCRATIZATION DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYS DISCLOSURE DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ETHICS EXECUTION FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FIGHTING CORRUPTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FORMAL STANDARDS FRAUD FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GENERAL ELECTIONS GLOBAL INITIATIVES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTICS GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY GRAND CORRUPTION HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURES INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT INVENTORY INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE JUDICIARY KICKBACKS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT LEGISLATIVE REFORM LEGITIMACY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIABILITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MDB MEDIA MERITOCRACY MINISTER MISAPPROPRIATION MODEL LEGISLATION MOTIVATIONS NATIONAL GOVERNANCE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INTEGRITY NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONS PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENTARY VOTES PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PATRONAGE PETTY CORRUPTION POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RISK POLITICIANS POLLUTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE GAIN PROCUREMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC WORKS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REHABILITATION REMEDIES REPRESENTATIVES RESETTLEMENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD EXPANSION ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USERS ROADS SAFETY SANCTIONS SANITATION SAVINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL POLICIES SUBSIDIARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TUNNEL UNDUE INFLUENCE VEHICLES WATER SUPPLY WHISTLE BLOWING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/8071668/setting-standards-communication-governance-example-infrastructure-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6709

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Summary:	This paper outlines a number of practical initiatives to strengthen the role of development communication in infrastructure projects. The authors aim to facilitate better quality projects and to build consensus on the type of governance reforms needed to fight corruption, drawing on the experience of development agencies like the World Bank and Transparency International, the leading anticorruption NGO. The paper starts by characterizing corruption vulnerabilities in infrastructure and proceeds to illustrate where communication has added value on a number of recent projects, both in respect to making the projects more sustainable and by incorporating anti-corruption measures into the project preparation and implementation phases. It draws on examples of mainly World Bank supported projects from the road, transport, power and water sectors in different governance contexts. Part of the intellectual challenge in mainstreaming development communication in the case of infrastructure is to bridge the infrastructure and communication paradigms. Finally, the paper suggests that today, from the perspective of the infrastructure practitioner and the development practitioner in general, development communication is at the same crossroads as environmentally sustainable development was in the early 1990's-but in a new context and perhaps with more urgent drivers for mainstreaming.

Setting Standards for Communication and Governance : The Example of Infrastructure Projects

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