This cross-country project will trace the evolution of such local firms and analyse their impact on growth in their respective sectors. It will attempt to isolate proactive policy from their experiences to help reduce the need for collusion along with providing the correct incentives for local firms that want to invest.
This cross-country project will trace the evolution of such local firms and analyse their impact on growth in their respective sectors. It will attempt to isolate proactive policy from their experiences to help reduce the need for collusion along with providing the correct incentives for local firms that want to invest.
This Working Paper, by Dr. Antonio Andreoni, analyses the political and economic context to anti-corruption efforts in Tanzania, both historically and today.
This Working Paper, by Dr. Pallavi Roy, analyses the political and economic context to anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria, both historically and today.
The World Bank has published a Background Note, 'Corruption Spotlight', written by ACE Executive Director Mushtaq Khan for the 2017 World Development Report.
This Working Paper, by Prof Mushtaq Khan, analyses the political and economic context to anti-corruption efforts in Bangladesh, both historically and today.
The Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) programme is taking a new and innovative approach to tackling corruption.
Today, ACE is delighted to publish our founding analysis of the political and economic context to anti-corruption efforts, both historically and today, in the three countries where the ACE programme will engage: Tanzania, Nigeria and Bangladesh.
In Lagos, we will conduct a household level survey experiment using an embedded bribery game. Participants of the survey will be randomly assigned to a control group, or to one of several condition groups. According to their grouping, each participant in the condition groups will read or hear a different message.
Analysis suggests systemic reform will be difficult to achieve in extractives in Nigeria given the distribution of power. Our approach will be to collect data and map the interdependent network of policies and rents in force in the sector. This will help us gain a much clearer idea of where the capture takes place and the extent of the damage.
