World Bank2014-01-302014-01-302013https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16725The principal objective of the Bank's governance work should be to help develop capable and accountable states to deliver services to the poor, promote private-sector-led growth, and tackle corruption effectively. The agenda for action has been defined, new tools and approaches have been developed, and governance and anticorruption (GAC) issues and concerns are increasingly being mainstreamed in the Bank's operational work at the country, sector, and project levels. With the introduction of the operational risk assessment framework (ORAF), the Bank has undertaken a major effort to improve how it manages GAC risks in the development projects and programs it supports. This note provides principles-based advice and guidance to task teams working at the sector and project levels on fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) countries in Africa. It aims to provide a common conceptual framework for understanding the challenges and opportunities they face in project design, implementation, and supervision; highlight key lessons learned and good practice examples from others working in this area; and suggest some topics where further work is needed to understand and mitigate key operational risks. A communications strategy that frames GAC issues in a constructive way, seeks to take into account the concerns and perspectives of all stakeholders involved, enhances the understanding of constraints and opportunities, and strengthens the project's incentives for improving governance and reducing corruption. In FCS countries, constraints are likely to include severe weaknesses in institutional capacity; thus the project design should include an explicit strategy and action plan for institutional strengthening, as well as explicit, measurable indicators of progress.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSACCOUNTINGADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITYAID COORDINATIONAID FLOWSANTI-BRIBERYANTI-CORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTION AGENCIESANTICORRUPTION CONVENTIONSANTICORRUPTION ISSUESANTICORRUPTION STRATEGYARMED CONFLICTAUDITINGAUDITSAUTHORITYBALANCE OF POWERBANK ACCOUNTSBASIC SERVICESBEST PRACTICEBILATERAL AIDBRIBERYBRIBERY CONVENTIONBRIBESBUILDING STATE CAPACITYBUREAUCRACYCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCITIZENCITIZEN INPUTCITIZENSCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL WARCIVIL WARSCOLLECTIVE ACTIONCOMBATANTSCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTCOMPLAINTSCONFLICTCONFLICT OF INTERESTCONFLICTSCONSENSUSCONSTITUENCIESCONSUMER SATISFACTIONCORRUPTCORRUPT PRACTICESCORRUPTION ISSUESCOUNCILSCOUNTERPARTSCRIMECRIMINALCULTURAL IDENTITYDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIZATIONDEPENDENCEDETERRENCEDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDRUGDRUG TRAFFICKINGDRUGSECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHELECTIONSELECTORAL COMPETITIONEMERGENCY RELIEFEMPLOYMENTETHNIC DIVERSITYETHNIC GROUPSEX-COMBATANTSEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTEXTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITYEXTERNAL INTERVENTIONFINANCIAL ASSETSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMSFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSFLAGFOREIGN AIDFRAUDGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE CHALLENGESGOVERNANCE ISSUESGOVERNANCE REFORMGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT AGENCYGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT MINISTRIESGOVERNMENT PERFORMANCEGOVERNMENT STRUCTURESGOVERNMENT SYSTEMSGRAND CORRUPTIONGROWTH RATEHUMAN RESOURCESHUMANITARIAN AIDIBRDIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINCOMEINEQUALITYINITIATIVEINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL REFORMINSTITUTIONAL REFORMSINTEGRITYINTERDEPENDENCEINTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITYINTERNAL CONTROLSINTERNATIONAL AGENCIESINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONSINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL SUPPORTINVESTIGATIONSJUSTICEKICKBACKSLAWSLEGISLATURELEGITIMACYLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOOTINGMANAGEMENT REVIEWSMEETINGMERITOCRACYMILITIAMODALITIESMODALITYMONEY LAUNDERINGMONOPOLYMOTIVATIONSNATIONAL ECONOMYNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL RESOURCESNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONOPERATIONAL RISKOPERATIONAL RISKSPARTICIPATORY PLANNINGPEACEPEACEBUILDINGPETTY CORRUPTIONPOLICEPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLITICAL CONDITIONSPOLITICAL CRISISPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL LEADERSPOLITICAL LEADERSHIPPOLITICAL OPPONENTSPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL REFORMSPOLITICAL RISKSPOLITICAL STABILITYPOLITICAL STRUCTURESPOLITICIANSPOOR GOVERNANCEPOOR PERFORMANCEPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTPROCUREMENTPROJECT APPRAISALPROJECT DESIGNPROJECT EVALUATIONPROJECT FINANCINGPROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONPROJECT MANAGEMENTPROSECUTIONPUBLIC DEBTPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC FINANCESPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITYPUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCEPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENTPUBLIC SECTOR WAGE RATESPUBLIC SERVICESREBELREBELSRECONCILIATIONRECONSTRUCTIONREFUGEESRENT-SEEKING BEHAVIORREPRESENTATIVESRESOURCE CURSERISK MANAGEMENTROADRULE OF LAWSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSOLDIERSOVEREIGNTYSTATE ASSETSSTATE INSTITUTIONSSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETERRORISMTRANSPARENCYVIOLENCEVIOLENT CONFLICTWATER SUPPLYWORLD DEVELOPMENTWorld Bank10.1596/16725