Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector

Governments typically provide the water and sanitation sector with substantial amounts of public money. Monopoly power, public funds, and discretionary decisions, coupled with poor accountability, breed corruption. The best hope for reducing corrup...

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Main Authors:	Halpern, Jonathan, Kenny, Charles, Dickson, Eric, Erhardt, David, Oliver, Chloe
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ASSETS AUDITING AUTHORITY BRIBE BRIBES CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIZENS CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKERS DEGREE OF AUTONOMY DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME KICKBACKS LEAST COST MEASURING CORRUPTION MINISTERS MONOPOLY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PATRONAGE PENALTIES PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC WATER SANCTIONS SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SECTORAL OUTCOMES SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN WATER UTILITIES UTILITY MANAGERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER QUALITY WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10239688/deterring-corruption-improving-governance-urban-water-sanitation-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11737

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spelling	okr-10986-117372021-04-23T14:02:57Z Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector Halpern, Jonathan Kenny, Charles Dickson, Eric Erhardt, David Oliver, Chloe ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ASSETS AUDITING AUTHORITY BRIBE BRIBES CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIZENS CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKERS DEGREE OF AUTONOMY DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME KICKBACKS LEAST COST MEASURING CORRUPTION MINISTERS MONOPOLY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PATRONAGE PENALTIES PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC WATER SANCTIONS SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SECTORAL OUTCOMES SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN WATER UTILITIES UTILITY MANAGERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER QUALITY WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY Governments typically provide the water and sanitation sector with substantial amounts of public money. Monopoly power, public funds, and discretionary decisions, coupled with poor accountability, breed corruption. The best hope for reducing corruption in the water and sanitation sector is to incentivize water sector officials and managers to be responsive to citizens' demands. 2012-08-13T15:52:52Z 2012-08-13T15:52:52Z 2009-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10239688/deterring-corruption-improving-governance-urban-water-sanitation-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11737 English Water P-Notes; No. 27 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ASSETS AUDITING AUTHORITY BRIBE BRIBES CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIZENS CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKERS DEGREE OF AUTONOMY DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME KICKBACKS LEAST COST MEASURING CORRUPTION MINISTERS MONOPOLY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PATRONAGE PENALTIES PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC WATER SANCTIONS SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SECTORAL OUTCOMES SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN WATER UTILITIES UTILITY MANAGERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER QUALITY WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ASSETS AUDITING AUTHORITY BRIBE BRIBES CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIZENS CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKERS DEGREE OF AUTONOMY DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME KICKBACKS LEAST COST MEASURING CORRUPTION MINISTERS MONOPOLY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PATRONAGE PENALTIES PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC WATER SANCTIONS SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SECTORAL OUTCOMES SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN WATER UTILITIES UTILITY MANAGERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER QUALITY WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY Halpern, Jonathan Kenny, Charles Dickson, Eric Erhardt, David Oliver, Chloe Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
relation	Water P-Notes; No. 27
description	Governments typically provide the water and sanitation sector with substantial amounts of public money. Monopoly power, public funds, and discretionary decisions, coupled with poor accountability, breed corruption. The best hope for reducing corruption in the water and sanitation sector is to incentivize water sector officials and managers to be responsive to citizens' demands.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Halpern, Jonathan Kenny, Charles Dickson, Eric Erhardt, David Oliver, Chloe
author_facet	Halpern, Jonathan Kenny, Charles Dickson, Eric Erhardt, David Oliver, Chloe
author_sort	Halpern, Jonathan
title	Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
title_short	Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
title_full	Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
title_fullStr	Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
title_full_unstemmed	Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
title_sort	deterring corruption and improving governance in the urban water & sanitation sector
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10239688/deterring-corruption-improving-governance-urban-water-sanitation-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11737
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Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector

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