Tapee an Analytical Framework for Combating Corruption & Promoting Integrity in the Europe & Eurasia Region
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TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, PREVENTION, ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION TAPEE AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMBATING CORRUPTION & PROMOTING INTEGRITY IN THE EUROPE & EURASIA REGION AUGUST 2005 PN-ADD-630 TAPEE: TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, PREVENTION, ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMBATING CORRUPTION & PROMOTING INTEGRITY IN THE EUROPE & EURASIA REGION USAID Europe and Eurasia Bureau Anti-Corruption Working Group August 2005 PN-ADD-630 ABOUT THE AUTHORS ABSTRACT The Europe and Eurasia Bureau Anti-Corruption This analytic approach presents a framework for Working Group, Co-Chaired by the Bureau’s Office of assessing and strengthening the anticorruption Democracy and Governance and Social Transition environment, beginning with an in-depth sector and its Office of Economic Growth, is solely diagnosis of corrupt practices and corruption responsible for the TAPEE analytical framework as vulnerabilities. Intended to help USAID missions in presented in this paper. the Europe and Eurasia region implement key recommendations of the USAID Anticorruption The overall TAPEE framework represents the work Strategy, TAPEE provides five diagnostic dimensions product of the Europe and Eurasia Bureau Anti- to consider when diagnosing corruption problems and Corruption Working Group. The energy, selecting interventions. A series of annexes gives democratization, health, and education sector reports, technical background and detailed discussion of four and other annexes included in this paper, are the key sectors of the region. work product of individual members of the Anti- Corruption Working Group who assume responsibility for any errors or omissions. KEY WORDS Corruption, anticorruption, institutions, principal-agent ACKNOWLEDGMENTS theory, Europe, Eurasia, USAID, government integrity, governance, survey, assessment, This report is the outcome of wide participation within institutional reform, sector reform, transition and across USAID bureaus, offices, and sectors. In economies. addition to the leadership provided by the two co- chairing offices, contributions were received from representatives of the Bureau’s Office of European Country Affairs, Program Office, and from USAID personnel in the field. The TAPEE framework benefited also from contributions made by representatives of the Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau, the Economic Growth Agriculture and Trade Bureau, and the Office of General Counsel. To all commentators, authors, and editors who contributed to the development and evolution of TAPEE, the Europe and Eurasia Bureau Anti-Corruption Working Group expresses its deep appreciation. CONTENTS FOREWORD.....................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................2 Measuring Corruption....................................................................................................3 CHAPTER 2. DEFINING & DISAGGREGATING CORRUPTION....................................5 Diagnosis of Corrupt Practices......................................................................................5 Systemic Corruption in the Europe & Eurasia Region...................................................6 CHAPTER 3. THE TAPEE APPROACH ..........................................................................8 Identifying Corrupt Practices & Corruption Vulnerabilities.............................................9 TAPEE Diagnosis........................................................................................................10 Sector Examples .........................................................................................................12 CHAPTER 4. THE TRANSPARENCY DIMENSION OF TAPEE ...................................18 The Dual Nature of Transparency: Substantive and Procedural .................................18 Illustrative Transparency-Enhancing Interventions......................................................20 CHAPTER 5. THE ACCOUNTABILITY DIMENSION OF TAPEE .................................22 Dual Accountability: Horizontal and Vertical...............................................................22 Defining Accountability ................................................................................................23 Illustrative Accountability-Enhancing Interventions .....................................................23 CHAPTER 6. THE PREVENTION DIMENSION OF TAPEE..........................................25 Preventive Measures in the UN Convention Against Corruption.................................25 Prevention Approaches ...............................................................................................26 Illustrative Prevention Interventions.............................................................................26 CHAPTER 7. THE ENFORCEMENT DIMENSION OF TAPEE .....................................28 Establishing Standards................................................................................................28 Aligning Incentives.......................................................................................................29 Illustrative Enforcement Interventions .........................................................................29 CHAPTER 8. THE EDUCATION DIMENSION OF TAPEE............................................31 Awareness, Advocacy, and Values .............................................................................31 Illustrative Education Interventions..............................................................................32 CHAPTER 9. CONCLUSION..........................................................................................34 Key Attributes of the TAPEE Framework ....................................................................34 Next Steps in Using TAPEE to Help Implement the USAID Anticorruption Strategy ..35 ANNEX A. ENERGY SECTOR CORRUPTION..............................................................39 Introduction: The Problem ..........................................................................................39 Who Benefits? Who Suffers? ......................................................................................41 Remedies ....................................................................................................................41 What Are the Implications for Sector Corruption Strategy?.........................................42 ANNEX B. CORRUPTION IN DEMOCRATIZATION .....................................................44 Introduction..................................................................................................................44 Subsector Overview ....................................................................................................45 ANNEX C. CORRUPTION IN THE HEALTH SECTOR .................................................51 The Problem................................................................................................................51 Who Benefits? Who Suffers? .....................................................................................52 Incentives for Corruption .............................................................................................53 Remedies ....................................................................................................................53 ANNEX D. CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION...................................................................59 Introduction..................................................................................................................59 Forms of Corruption.....................................................................................................62 Consequences of Corruption.......................................................................................66 Obstacles to Fighting Corruption.................................................................................67 Measures to Mitigate Corruption .................................................................................68 Works Cited.................................................................................................................73 ANNEX E. COUNTRY-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS OF CORRUPTION.........................75 A Multi-Dimensional Phenomenon ..............................................................................75 Three Country Level Measurements of Corruption .....................................................76 Other Indicators: Disaggregating Indices of Corruption..............................................93 ANNEX F. OVERVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF CORRUPTION IN THE EUROPE & EURASIA REGION.........................................................................................................95 The Legacy of Communism.........................................................................................95 The Evolution of Perverse Public-Private Relationships .............................................98 Systemic Corruption in the Europe & Eurasia Region.................................................99 Implications for Successful USAID Programming .....................................................103 Conclusion.................................................................................................................108 ANNEX G. CORRUPTION PREVENTION ...................................................................109 FOREWORD Corruption in its varied forms flourishes