Publication: Mauritania : Anti-Corruption Study
Date
2008-09
ISSN
Published
2008-09
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report provides analytic support to
the National Anti-corruption Strategy (NACS) formulation,
offers lessons from international experience on governance
and anti-corruption (GAC) policy, and generally supports the
Government and its development partners to better understand
the phenomenon of corruption in Mauritania. The report is
structured as follows: Chapter 2 focuses on the definition
and measurement of corruption and the Mauritanian political
economy. Chapter 3 focuses on corruption in public
procurement. Chapter 4 concentrates on corruption in the
courts of law. Chapter 5 deals with the extractive
industries. Chapter 6 focuses on corruption from the
perspective of the private sector, based on the results of
the recent Investment Climate Assessment (ICA). On the
basis of the analysis conducted in this report, the single
most important message concerns the need for maintaining
momentum and pressing ahead with the finalization of ongoing
anti-corruption strategic thinking and legislation, and the
implementation of already approved GAC laws and measures.
Looking forward, the emphasis should shift from passing laws
and rules to concrete implementation of procedures on a
broader agenda of greater political accountability. Priority
areas include: (1) independence of the media, (2) monitoring
procedures (such as a governance diagnostic survey) and (3)
the establishment of an effective mechanism through which
the voice of citizens and users of public services can be heard.
Citation
“World Bank. 2008. Mauritania : Anti-Corruption Study. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12731 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”