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Maria Gonzalez Asis World Bank Institute

Promoting Local Accountability Through Decentralization: How to Control Corruption at The Municipal Level . Maria Gonzalez Asis World Bank Institute. Why we should be concern with Corruption at the Local Level?.

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Maria Gonzalez Asis World Bank Institute

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  1. Promoting Local Accountability Through Decentralization: How to Control Corruption at The Municipal Level Maria Gonzalez Asis World Bank Institute

  2. Why we should be concern with Corruption at the Local Level? • C. distorts the allocation of local resources and the performance of local governments. • The consequences of C. are: • increased social polarization • inefficiency in public services • low investment • decreases economic growth • No recipies. However practical tools adapted to each particular case can help when: • There is political will • There is a participatory approach for institutional reforms.

  3. What is corruption? • WB definition: misuse of public services for private gain. • The common ground for the misuse of public power for private benefit is related to three elements at the local level: • 1) Discretionality • 2) lack of public information and transparency • 3) lack of accountability

  4. How to Control Corruption at the Municipal Level • No recipies. However practical tools adapted to each particular case can help when: • There is political will • There is a participatory and integrated approach for institutional reforms. • Some of the tools: ( How to involve people in policymaking, diagnostic to identify priorities, informatics to track public revenue and expenditure, simplified rules to improve procurement process, participatory techniques for improving local budgets)

  5. What is a Participatory and Integrated Approach? Monitoring & Evaluation Action Plan & Implementation Coalition Building Workshop Diagnosis

  6. Impact Indicators Campo Elías, 1998-9 Fuente: Gonzalez, Maria (2000). Reducing Corruption at the Local Level

  7. STEP 5: IMPACT AND LESSONS LEARNED • Participatory methodologies increased transparency, credibility and the capacity to address municipal problems • Citizens in this municipality: • Decide the manner in which local government expenditures are allocated • Understand that putting an end to bribery frees up financial resources (reallocation of services) • Decide how and when to allocate resources, and that they control implementation of programs

  8. STEP 5: IMPACT AND LESSONS LEARNED • There has been increased satisfaction with municipal services and less complaints due to: • The fact that prioritization and trade-offs are necessary • The fact that citizens are involved in defining priorities • Administrative procedures have been simplified • The credibility of the mayor and the municipality has been enhanced • The propensity for citizen participation in government and the sustainability of institutional reforms has increased

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