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Governance Risk Assessment System (GRAS): Advanced Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud, Corruption, and Collusion in Public Expenditures

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-21T18:07:01Z
dc.date.available2023-11-21T18:07:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-21
dc.description.abstractCorruption poses a significant threat to development and has a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable. Government agencies struggle to identify fraud and corruption in public expenditures. Risk assessments usually rely on manual analysis and follow-up on specific complaints or anecdotes which requires substantial resources. Assessments are often limited in scope and ineffective, failing to generate the evidence needed to build strong cases. The World Bank developed the Governance Risk Assessment System (GRAS), a tool that uses advanced data analytics to improve the detection of risks of fraud, corruption, and collusion in government contracting. GRAS increases the efficiency and effectiveness of audits and investigations by identifying a wide range of risk patterns. GRAS makes use of public data and is based on a robust and comprehensive conceptual framework which draws on insights from experienced practitioners and sound academic research. This report presents GRAS’s main features, examples of GRAS implementation, and outlines the steps government agencies can take in applying GRAS in their countries. GRAS was developed in Brazil, where it has been piloted in four subnational governments and has helped to investigate fraud, corruption, and collusion in public procurement. Concrete results include the identification of over 850 suppliers with strong indication of collusive behavior, 450 suppliers likely registered under strawmen, 500 cases of conflict of interests involving suppliers owned by public servants, and about 4500 companies with connections to political campaigns, among other examples.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099110723040010259/P1768590209a0203608f7402385b2341038
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40640
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40640
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEquitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Insight - Governance
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE RISK
dc.subjectFRAUD
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOLLUSION
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.titleGovernance Risk Assessment System (GRAS)en
dc.title.subtitleAdvanced Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud, Corruption, and Collusion in Public Expendituresen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleGovernance Risk Assessment System (GRAS): Advanced Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud, Corruption, and Collusion in Public Expenditures
okr.date.disclosure2023-11-21
okr.date.lastmodified2023-11-21T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099110723040010259/P1768590209a0203608f7402385b2341038
okr.guid099110723040010259
okr.identifier.docmidP176859-209a02a4-37ae-4e36-8f74-2385b2341038
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40640
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34192676
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34192676
okr.identifier.report185691
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099110723040010259/pdf/P1768590209a0203608f7402385b2341038.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America and Caribbean
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.sectorCentral Government (Central Agencies)
okr.themePublic Expenditure Management,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Social Development and Protection,Public Finance Management,Conflict Prevention,Disease Control,Pandemic Response,Fragility, Conflict and Violence,Public Sector Management,Data production, accessibility and use,Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance,Public Administration
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicGovernance::Governance and the Financial Sector
okr.topicLaw and Development::Corruption & Anticorruption Law
okr.unitEFI-LCR-GOV-FM & PS-2 (ELCG2)
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