Deterring corruption and improving governance in the electricity sector : a sourcebook

This sourcebook is part of a broader program on governance and corruption in the electricity sector. The sourcebook is meant as a resource to sector practitioners to assess the extent and risks of corruption in the sector and to improve governance in ways that reduce corruption. As this is an emerging field, the sourcebook is not intended to be a manual, nor a set of directives but rather to organize and illustrate approaches and tools which sector practitioners may find useful. Electricity providers fail to serve citizens for many reasons. The ultimate cause is poor governance at the utility, sector, and government levels. Corruption is among the serious symptoms of poor governance corrosive in its effects, causing more harm in waste and bad decisions than even the money that changes hands as bribes and kickbacks will suggest. This sourcebook aims to help sector practitioners to: (i) assess the extent and risk of corruption in sectors in which they work; and (ii) improve governance in ways that will reduce corruption.