1 About Tawanmandi: The Civil Society Strengthening programme was established in 2011 with financial support from a consortium of donors (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom). Tawanmandi works to contribute to the development of a vibrant and inclusive civil society, with focus on issues of policy and practice in the areas of access to justice, anti-corruption, human rights, media, and peace-building and conflict resolution, with due attention to disability, gender and youth as cross- cutting themes. www.tawanmandi.org.af About CRDSA: Coordination of rehabilitation and development services for Afghanistan (CRDSA) is a non-government Afghan civil society organization that aims to eliminate poverty, strengthen civil society, promote human rights and reintegrate effectively Afghan returnees/IDPs through providing sustainable livelihoods to poor and marginalized groups, civil society organizations’ capacity building and networking, implementing human rights awareness and responsiveness enhancement initiatives and undertaking assistance and protection activities for Afghan returnees and IDPs. www.crdsa.org About the author: Jalil Ahmad Sultani is a development Economist. He has obtained MA in Development Economics from South Asian University New Delhi. [email protected] Contents Corruption in Afghanistan ............................................................................................................................. 1 A case study of Herat and Badghis provinces ........................................................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Research Question: ................................................................................................................................... 1 Methodology: ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Section Two ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Corruption in Afghanistan ......................................................................................................................... 4 Supply side: ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Demand side: ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Section three ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Corruption in Herat and Badghis .............................................................................................................. 6 Section Three .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Departmental analysis of corruption ...................................................................................................... 11 Traffic Department: ................................................................................................................................ 11 Municipality ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Mostofiyat ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Herat and Badghis targeted Districts .......................................................................................................... 27 Guzara and Injil Districts: ........................................................................................................................ 27 - Police Headquarters ........................................................................................................................ 29 Abkamary and Qadis Districts ................................................................................................................. 33 Conclusion and recommendation ............................................................................................................... 36 Table of figures: Figure 1: Is corruption in public sector , one of the major real problem of Afghanistan ? ........................ 6 Figure 2: Does Corruption exist in the government department that you are currently demanding services? ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Figure 3: Have you committed corruption in order to receive the government services? .......................... 7 Figure 4: If "Yes" what was the reason? ....................................................................................................... 8 Figure 5: What kind of corruption have you expereinced in case the civil servant has avoided/ postponded doing your work ? ..................................................................................................................... 9 Figure: 6 What kind of corruption have you expereinced in case the civil servant has avoided/ postponded to do your work ? ................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 7: Is the procedure of taking vehicle moving permit (jawaz sair) lengthy ? ................................... 11 Figure8: Does the process of providing gurantee in order to get vehicle moving permit ( jawaz Sair) involve corruption ? ................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 9: Is the process of getting the vehicle moving permit ( jawaz Sair) satisfactory ? ........................ 13 Figure 10: procedure for obtainng licence.................................................................................................. 16 Figure 11: Organizational Chart of Traffic Department .............................................................................. 16 Figure 13: Are you satisfied with the starting and finishing time of the staff in the organization? ........... 22 Figure 13: Have the employees in the organization avoided doing your work because you belong to a specific ethnic?............................................................................................................................................ 22 Figure 15: Are you satisfied with the current tax payment system ........................................................... 26 Figure 15: Do you think that lack of providing high quality public services by government. lead to tax evasion ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Figure 16: Do the civil servant sabotage when you are willing to pay the tax ........................................... 26 Figure 17: Are you satisfied with the performance of the organization regarding your work? ................. 27 Figure 19: Are you satisfied with the performance of the district authorities ........................................... 28 Figure 19: Are you satisfied with behavior of the employees of the district authorities ........................... 28 Figure 20: Are you satisfied with the starting and finishing time of the staff in the organization ............. 28 Figure 21: Do the district authorities postpone your work for future days ............................................... 28 Figure 23: Is the speed of the performance of the district authorities satisfactory ................................... 29 Figure 23: Do the Employees in the organization avoided doing your work because you belong to a specific ethnic ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Figure 24: Does the organization respond to your complaint in a skilled manner..................................... 30 Figure 25: Is the process of submitting your complaints lengthy and time consuming ............................. 30 Figure 26: Are you satisfied with the speed of the performance of the Police Headquarters regarding your affairs? ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Figure 27: Are you satisfied with the performance of the courts in matters concerning your work? ....... 33 Figure 28: Do you think that the two months (which is under the authorization of the court) to process your documents is much time?................................................................................................................... 34 Figure 29: Does the un-computerized and old system lead to corruption ................................................. 34 Acronyms: CRDSA: Coordination of Rehabilitation and Development Services for Afghanistan CPI: Corruption Perception Index IWA: Integrity Watch Afghanistan MoIA: Ministry of Interior affairs TI: Transparency International UNODC: United Nation office on Drugs and crime 1 Corruption in Afghanistan A case study of Herat