To identify transactions at risk of tariff evasion, this paper matches export transaction data from France with import transaction data from Madagascar using container identifiers. Reporting discrepancies...
Corruption harms communities and impacts the global economy. It discourages business opportunities, hinders foreign aid and investment, and exacerbates inequality. It victimizes society’s most vulnerable...
This joint report by the World Bank and OECD identifies building blocks for more effective co-operation and is the first comprehensive global study of its kind. The content of the report is based on responses...
Non-Conviction Based (NCB) asset forfeiture is a powerful tool for recovering the proceeds of corruption, particularly in cases where the proceeds have been transferred abroad. With an increased focus...
This document focuses on corruption that may occur in funded projects of government or international organizations, but corruption cannot be an isolated phenomenon within a project. Instead, it may be...
This assessment of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML-CFT) regime in Mali was conducted on the basis of the Forty Recommendations of 2003 and the Nine Special Recommendations...
On April 14, 2007, the World Bank unveiled an initiative to help developing countries recover assets stolen by corrupt leaders, as part of the institution’s Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy.
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He discusses that the call to end poverty reaches across generations, continents, and nationalities. It spans...
This news release, dated February 24, 2005, announces taking another step in its anticorruption efforts, the World Bank released its first annual report on investigations into allegations of fraud and...
In December 29, 1992, Michael J Gillette was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral history program by John Lewis, Richard Webb, Devesh Kapur. He was in Alain Enthoven’s shop, which...
In May 1992, David Knox was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral history program by Richard Webb, and Devesh Kapur. David Knox joined the Bank in 1963 in what was then called the...