Corruption is a cosmopolitan problem. However, its adverse effects on less developed countries are perhaps more profound because it has greatly affected the potential for governments in such countries to meet the basic needs and expectations of the...

This book presents an international review of initiatives aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the management of education in a variety of domains, including: education financing, teacher appointment and transfer, teacher conduct...

In this book, Transparency International's (TI) world-renowned 'corruption perception index' (CPI) and 'bribery perception index' (BPI) are explained and examined by a number of experts. They set out to establish how reliable these indexes are in...

A sub-regional course on “Public expenditure tracking surveys (PETS) in education” was organised jointly by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the World Bank Institute (WBI), from 22 to 26 March 2006 in Accra. This course...

In order to improve governance and reduce corruption in public service delivery (like ghost workers for example...), micro-level data is required to understand the incentives and behaviour of public officials, service providers and clients in order...

+ la demande du président Konaré, une mission de la Banque mondiale a séjourné au Mali en 1999 dans le but d'évaluer le programme anti-corruption et de proposer les méthodes par lesquelles la Banque mondiale pourrait soutenir les efforts du...

L'émergence de la gouvernance et de la corruption comme enjeux majeurs du développement a engendré la multiplication de bases de données internationales censées mesurer ces concepts. Cette étude s'interroge sur la pertinence et les limites des...

Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries of education to schools represent more than 80 per cent of the total sums allocated for non salary expenditures in some countries; bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion...

What are the most effective ways to increase primary school enrolment and student learning? This paper argues that innovations in governance of social services may yield the highest return since social service delivery in developing countries is...

Corruption in education seriously undermines political, economic and social development and has a devastating effect on the lives of students and parents. This booklet documents studies carried out by Transparency International chapters in Argentina...