Publication: Good-Practice Note : Governance and Anti-Corruption Innovations in the Malawi Social Action Fund Project
Date
2010-06
ISSN
Published
2010-06
Author(s)
Aklilu, Petros
Agarwal, Sanjay
Abstract
The World Bank supported three phases
Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) project was first approved
in 1996. Malawi, with a population of 13 million, is a low
income country with one of the lowest per capita incomes in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Malawi continues to face a variety of
social, economic, political and administrative challenges
including high inflation, low salaries/pensions of public
officials, chronic resource shortages, dearth of public
goods and services, unethical individual behavior, and
kinship and nepotism. As a result of these factors,
corruption remains a major problem in Malawi. In response to
these challenges, Malawi has introduced a number of
initiatives aimed at promoting good governance and fighting
endemic corruption. In May 2004, President Bingu Wa
Mutharika, immediately after taking office adopted a zero
tolerance stance on corruption. This was subsequently
formalized into a declaration on zero tolerance on
corruption in February 2007. MASAF projects'
commendable work in identifying governance and
accountability risks and integrating mitigation measures
into proposed project activities.
Citation
“Aklilu, Petros; Agarwal, Sanjay. 2010. Good-Practice Note : Governance and Anti-Corruption Innovations in the Malawi Social Action Fund Project. Social Development Notes; No. 131. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/165e3663-e72a-5bf1-9ee1-f125e0370eaa License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”