Aklilu, PetrosAgarwal, Sanjay2012-08-132012-08-132010-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11088The 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMSALLOCATION OF RESOURCESANTI-CORRUPTIONANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGYANTICORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTION AGENDAANTICORRUPTION BUREAUANTICORRUPTION EFFORTSASSETSAUTHORITYBENEFICIARIESBIDDINGBUSINESS ENTERPRISESBUSINESS TRANSACTIONSCAPACITY BUILDINGCITIZENCITIZEN FEEDBACKCITIZEN OVERSIGHTCITIZENSCIVIC EDUCATIONCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCODE OF ETHICSCODES OF CONDUCTCOLLABORATIONCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY MEMBERSCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVESCOMMUNITY SCORECARDCOMMUNITY SCORECARDSCOMPLAINTSCONFLICT OF INTERESTCORRUPTCORRUPT PRACTICESCORRUPTION ISSUESCORRUPTION PERCEPTIONCORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEXCORRUPTION PREVENTIONCOUNCILSCRIMESDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDISCLOSUREDISTRICT COUNCILSDISTRICTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHENABLING ENVIRONMENTETHICAL BEHAVIORETHICAL PRACTICESETHICSEXPENDITUREFIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTIONFIGHTING CORRUPTIONFINANCE MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFRAUDFREEDOM OF INFORMATIONGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTGOVERNMENT FINANCEINDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORINITIATIVEINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENINGINTEGRITYINVESTIGATIONINVESTIGATIONSJUDICIAL SYSTEMJUDICIARYLAWSLEGAL FRAMEWORKSLEGISLATURELOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL AUTHORITYLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL LEVELSMEDIAMONEY LAUNDERINGNATIONAL INTEGRITYNATIONAL INTEGRITY SYSTEMNEPOTISMPARLIAMENTPARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENTPER CAPITA INCOMESPOLICEPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INTERFERENCEPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICIANSPROCUREMENTPROJECT DESIGNPROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONPROSECUTIONPUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITYPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC INVOLVEMENTPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC OPINIONPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACTPUBLIC SECTORREPRESENTATIVESRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONSANCTIONSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSSOCIAL ACTIONSTAKEHOLDERSTAKEHOLDER ANALYSISSTAKEHOLDERSSUPPLIERSTERRORISMTHEFTTRANSPARENCYUSER PARTICIPATIONVESTED INTERESTSVILLAGEZERO TOLERANCEWorld Bank10.1596/11088