Dear eFindings subscriber, Welcome to the monthly issue of eFindings. To view the PDF reports, download Adobe Acrobat Reader ===> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. 1. Findings 270: Can Private Sector Action Tackle Corruption?
written by Frannie Léautier, Djordjija Petkoski, and Michael Jarvis Corruption is an impediment to growth and poverty reduction. As the authors in this issue of Development Outreach well document, corruption limits opportunities, creates inefficiencies and forms additional barriers to the smooth delivery of services. Crucially, from the perspective of the World Bank Group, corruption cumulatively undermines progress towards achieving development objectives, not least as its impact is most adversely felt by the world’s poor. The World Bank has taken a clear public stance—based on exhaustive research—to seek ways to combat corruption. http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/english/find270.htm (HTML)
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/english/find270.pdf (PDF)
2. Infobrief 132: Senegal: the National Rural Infrastructure Project (NRIP)
This Infobrief was excerpted from Implementation Completion Report no.36451
The objectives of the project – a credit of US$ 28.5 million equivalent over the period 2001-05 - were to: (i) improve decentralized local government and capacity; (ii) establish participatory and decentralized mechanisms for selecting, funding and implementing rural community investment programs; (iii) strengthen national institutions supporting decentralization; and (iv) implement basic infrastructure in a selected number of rural communities. The project was designed as an Adaptable Program of Lending (APL) to support a three-phase program over a 12-year period. http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/infobeng/infob132.htm (HTML)
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/infobeng/infob132.pdf (PDF)
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