Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala

Publicly financed construction is a key driver for economic growth and poverty reduction worldwide. At the same time, it is a sector unusually prone to corruption, not least due to large opportunities for rent extraction and the technical complexit...

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Main Authors:	Schuster, Christian, Abreu, Anabela
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENT BINDING BRIBE BRIBE PAYER BRIBE PAYERS BRIBE PAYERS INDEX CIVIL SOCIETY CORRUPTION E-PROCUREMENT E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INITIATIVE LAWS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MEDIA MINISTER MINISTERS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY PROCUREMENT PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLISHING TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/14767670/together-towards-transparency-lessons-implementation-construction-sector-transparency-initiative-cost-pilot-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10092

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spelling	okr-10986-100922021-04-23T14:02:48Z Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala Schuster, Christian Abreu, Anabela ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENT BINDING BRIBE BRIBE PAYER BRIBE PAYERS BRIBE PAYERS INDEX CIVIL SOCIETY CORRUPTION E-PROCUREMENT E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INITIATIVE LAWS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MEDIA MINISTER MINISTERS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY PROCUREMENT PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLISHING TRANSPARENCY Publicly financed construction is a key driver for economic growth and poverty reduction worldwide. At the same time, it is a sector unusually prone to corruption, not least due to large opportunities for rent extraction and the technical complexity of infrastructure investments. Transparency international's bribe payer's index ranks construction as the sector most likely to bribe public officials and seek state capture, and an estimated 10-30 percent of the US$5 trillion spent annually on construction worldwide is lost to corruption. Guatemala joined Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) as an associate country with support from the World Bank in November 2009. As such, it differed from pilot countries in two respects. As CoST Guatemala moves from pilot to expansion in July 2011, it is hoped that the aforementioned success factors will allow the initiative to amplify this effect-and further enhance transparency in a sector so crucial to the country's development. 2012-08-13T10:23:50Z 2012-08-13T10:23:50Z 2011-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/14767670/together-towards-transparency-lessons-implementation-construction-sector-transparency-initiative-cost-pilot-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10092 English en breve; No. 168 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala
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topic	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENT BINDING BRIBE BRIBE PAYER BRIBE PAYERS BRIBE PAYERS INDEX CIVIL SOCIETY CORRUPTION E-PROCUREMENT E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INITIATIVE LAWS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MEDIA MINISTER MINISTERS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY PROCUREMENT PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLISHING TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENT BINDING BRIBE BRIBE PAYER BRIBE PAYERS BRIBE PAYERS INDEX CIVIL SOCIETY CORRUPTION E-PROCUREMENT E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INITIATIVE LAWS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MEDIA MINISTER MINISTERS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY PROCUREMENT PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLISHING TRANSPARENCY Schuster, Christian Abreu, Anabela Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala
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description	Publicly financed construction is a key driver for economic growth and poverty reduction worldwide. At the same time, it is a sector unusually prone to corruption, not least due to large opportunities for rent extraction and the technical complexity of infrastructure investments. Transparency international's bribe payer's index ranks construction as the sector most likely to bribe public officials and seek state capture, and an estimated 10-30 percent of the US$5 trillion spent annually on construction worldwide is lost to corruption. Guatemala joined Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) as an associate country with support from the World Bank in November 2009. As such, it differed from pilot countries in two respects. As CoST Guatemala moves from pilot to expansion in July 2011, it is hoped that the aforementioned success factors will allow the initiative to amplify this effect-and further enhance transparency in a sector so crucial to the country's development.
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title	Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala
title_short	Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala
title_full	Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala
title_fullStr	Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala
title_full_unstemmed	Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala
title_sort	together towards transparency : lessons from the implementation of the construction sector transparency initiative (cost) pilot in guatemala
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/14767670/together-towards-transparency-lessons-implementation-construction-sector-transparency-initiative-cost-pilot-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10092
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Together Towards Transparency : Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala

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