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9780821371695

Setting Standards for Communications and Governance : The Example of Infrastructure Projects

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821371695

  • ISBN10:

    082137169X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-01
  • Publisher: World Bank

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This title outlines a number of practical initiatives to strengthen the role of development communication in infrastructure projects. The authors aim to facilitate better quality projects and to build consensus on the type of governance reforms needed to fight corruption, drawing on the experience of development agencies like the World Bank and Transparency International.It starts by characterizing corruption vulnerabilities in infrastructure and proceeds to illustrate where communication has added value on a number of recent projects, both in regard to making the projects more sustainable and by incorporating anti-corruption measures into the project preparation and implementation. It draws on examples of mainly World Bank-supported projects from the road, transport, power, and water sectors in different governance contexts. Five standard-setting initiatives are then outlined, which focus on promoting best practice to better integrate development communication into the project cycles of World Bank-supported infrastructure projects.

Table of Contents

Governance and infrastructure contextp. 1
The nature of corruption risks in infrastructure projectsp. 7
Corruption risk - the supply and demand perspectivep. 7
Corruption vulnerability - the project cycle perspectivep. 8
Pervasive effects of corruption in infrastructurep. 9
Tools and remedies for corruptionp. 9
Emerging good practicep. 13
What broader observations may be drawn?p. 13
The way forward : enhancing the role of communication to foster good governance in infrastructure developmentp. 17
Building on current experiencep. 18
Building on current experience and new initiativesp. 19
New initiatives on setting standards - guidance and pressuresp. 20
A growing body of evidencep. 27
Case studiesp. 33
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