The World Bank's Strategy on Governance and Anticorruption - A civil society perspective

Governance has become central to development discourse in the past decade or more. This is largely founded on the recognition that strong and accountable institutions, political commitment to effective management of the state, and a vibrant and organized civil society are fundamental to equitable development. There is also an intensified donor focus on improving governance and combating corruption, which is linked to an increase in aid and in public scrutiny of aid in donor countries. President Wolfowitz has made anticorruption a signal issue for the World Bank and the Bank has recently undertaken to lay out a broad strategy for helping its member countries strengthen governance and deepen the fight against corruption. This paper is intended to contribute to the debate on the World Bank’s new Governance and Anticorruption Strategy. It draws upon the results of a survey of 56 of CIDSE’s partner organizations in 24 countries, carried out in June/July 2006. Produced by CIDSE (International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity).

http://www.cidse.org/docs/200608231619535230.pdf