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January 12, 2005
E-discussion on "Myths"
Events
Databank
Papers and Reports
Diagnostics
Data & Informatics
Initiatives
In the News
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Partnerships
The current edition of WBI's Governance and Anti-Corruption newsletter highlights upcoming and recent activities, as well as ongoing work with client countries--such as diagnostics and action-programming--, and our initiatives on partnerships, websites and governance data.
The World Bank has also recently highlighted the costs of corruption
(see a separate online interview where Daniel Kaufmann, Director of the
World Bank Institute's Global Program answered six frequently-asked questions on the costs of corruption ) as well as the new techniques that have revolutionized the measurement of governance and corruption .
Governance Mythology: WBI launched this e-discussion series on
"myths" in order to question and generate debate about popular notions in the field. Myth#1: All poor countries are corrupt while the rich are not.
Myth 1: Poor countries are necessarily corrupt, while the rich world is a model of integrity
Myth 1a: For a transaction to be corrupt, it necessarily ought to be illegal.
Myth 1b: The measurement of corruption ought to focus on the extent of bribery, in the public sector.
Myth 1c: Multinationals headquartered in rich OECD countries do not bribe abroad.
For more details, visit: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/pubs/gcr2004.html
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(If and when available, presentations corresponding to the following events will be made available below)
Course on Open and Participatory Government at the Federal Level
(March-May, 2005) in Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico. More information (in
Spanish) on the previous delivery of the program in 2003 .
The Goodman Fellowship Annual Lecture (February, 2005) at the
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.
Course on Municipal Governance Digital Radio Program (February-
June, 2005) in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda.
Course on Judicial Reform for Improving Governance in Francophone
Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Senegal), in Anglophone
Africa (Ghana, Nigeria); and in Latin America (Bolivia, Ecuador,
Guatemala).
Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar on Corruption, Human Rights and Party Politics (January 23-29) in London.
Presentation on New Frontiers on Governance at Seminar Series "An
Exchange on Development" (January 24) in Geneva.
The World Economic Forum Meetings (January 25-30, 2005)
Davos, Switzerland. "Global Governance, The Best Place to do
Business, and Moving from tough issues to Effective Action." More information .
Presentation Addressing China's Ministry of Supervision Regional
Officials (December 21, 2004). View the presentations (in English and
Chinese ).
Presentations on Public Sector Reform, Governance and Anti-
Corruption at Univeristy of Wisonsin, Madison (December 17, 2004).
Download Presentation (719 kb PDF) " Investment Climate Divers:
Does Governance and Corruption Matter? An Empirical framework with Practical Application " • Sponsored by the Center for International
Business Education and Research (CIBER) and the Center for World
Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) • December 17, 2004 •
Download Presentation to CIBER-WAGE (338 kb PDF) " Worldwide
Governance Analysis and Lessons for Policy: An Empirical Approach " •
International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9)
International Anti-Corruption day on 9 December, marks one year since the signing conference for the United Nations Convention against
Corruption was held in Merida, Mexico. More information .
Forum on International Anti-Corruption Day
Cartagena, Colombia (December 9-10)

Development Partnership Forum on Improving Donor Effectiveness in combatting corruption Paris, France (December 9-10). View agenda and list of speakers .
Empirical Tools for Governance Analysis-A New Learning Activity San
Jose, Costa Rica (November 17-18)
National Governance Baseline Survey Workshop (October 26-27,
2004), Lusaka, Zambia
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Transparency International Releases Its Latest Corruption Index (CPI)
The 2004 Index is based on 18 publications from 12 independent organizations. It measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians in a given country.
Online Inventory of Governance Datasets and Indicators
A relatively comprehensive overview of the available datasets on governance.
Anti-Corruption and Governance Library
Interactive Governance Indicators presents the updated aggregate governance research indicators for almost 200 countries for 1996-2002, for six dimensions of governance-
Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence,
Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law and
Control of Corruption.
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Governance Knowledge Initiative with the Development Gateway
Foundation
World Economic Forum and WBI collaborate on Empirical Work on
Governance
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Update on the governance diagnostics in Africa and Latin America
Additional information on governance diagnostics at the World Bank
Institute .
BENIN | GUINEA | MOZAMBIQUE | SIERRA LEONE | ZAMBIA
BENIN
The Steering Committee led by the General Inspectorate of the
Ministry of Finance (IGF) selected CERTI as the local firm in charge of implementing the diagnostic surveys. The test of the instruments along with the training of surveyors will be completed by December 2004.
The field work should be launched by next January, and the preliminary version of the report is expected by April, 2005. More information .
GUINEA
The CNLC (Comite National de Lutte contre la Corruption), an interinstitutional agency with a government mandate for governance initiatives, launched the implementation of the three diagnostic surveys by StatView, a local survey firm. The data collection was completed this past July. The governance report has been drafted and is expected to be completed by December. Once the report is revised it will be launched as a National Workshop and disseminated across the country.
MOZAMBIQUE
The Prime Minister of Mozambique launched the Governance and
Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Surveys on November 27, 2003, in Maputo.
The surveys were implemented by the local firm in Austral, under the supervision of UTRESP (the technical unit for Public Sector Reform of
Mozambique), the INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de
Mozambique), WBI and researchers of the University "Eduardo
Mondlane". The field work was completed in May and the first draft version of the report will be submitted by January 2005. More information .
SIERRA LEONE
The report on the results of the Governance and Anti-Corruption
Diagnostic Surveys was released at two Regional Workshops in the cities of Bo and Makeni on April, 2004. During each Regional
Workshop the participants drafted a local governance action plan including key areas for reform. The action plans are currently being reviewed by the National Steering Commission, chaired by the Minister of Finance and will be integrated in the National Governance Action
Plan drafted last October. More information .

ZAMBIA
The final report of the National Governance Baseline Survey, completed by a team of consultants from the University of Zambia, was launched by the President of Zambia, H.E. Mr. Levy Patrick
Mwanawasa at a National Workshop held in Lusaka on October 26,
2004. During the Workshop, participants discussed the main governance challenges faced by the country and began drafting a governance strategy. Regional Workshops to discuss the governance report will take place during 2005. More information .
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" Corruption Matters: Evidence-Based Challenge to Orthodoxy " by
Daniel Kaufmann, published in the Journal Development Policy and
Practice (Vol.1, Number 1, December 2004)
Building State Capacity in Africa edited by Sahr Kpundeh and Brian
Levy (September 2004)
Parliamentary Libraries, Institutions and Offices: The Sources of
Parliamentary Information by Robert Miller, Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick
Stapenhurst
Legislative Ethics and Codes of Conduct by Rick Stapenhurst and
Riccardo Pelizzo
Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich
Countries and the World (new chapter in the Global Competitiveness
Report 2004/2005) by Daniel Kaufmann
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For recent articles on governance and corruption related to WBI work visit: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/mediamentionscurrent.htm
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Governance Databank
Worldwide Governance Research Indicators Dataset
World Business Environment Survey
Interactive Web-Tool to Analyze BEEPS Survey Data (Transition)
Unofficial Economy Dataset
In-Country Governance Diagnostic Surveys
Data Group (General, DEC)
General Research Datasets (DEC)
On Institutional Indicators (PREM)

Other Data Links (worldwide)
Online Surveys
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