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19 January 2005
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Experience has shown that anti-corruption reforms, not unlike other fundamental reforms, require broad partnerships within civil society and with government reformers to effectively advocate for, monitor, and sustain anti-corruption efforts. The USAID strategy for reducing corruption in Mozambique focuses on two courses of action:
- Strengthening social action and political will for anti-corruption reforms; and
- Decreasing petty corruption in targeted service delivery institutions.
In pursuing each course, USAID will help Mozambicans address the problem of corruption at the point of service delivery. The findings of Mozambique’s first ever Corruption Survey, conducted in 2001 and funded by USAID, clearly indicated that the average Mozambican feels the impact of corruption most when dealing with public service providers. USAID’s program is intended to help build the foundation for anti-corruption efforts that are led by Mozambicans as well as effective and sustainable.
USAID Mozambique’s main partners in this effort are the Attorney-General’s Office and the Ética Moçambique, a Mozambican NGO. USAID Mozambique is helping the Attorney-General’s Anti-Corruption Unit extend operations from Maputo to the cities of Beira and Nampula. To complement our work with the Anti-Corruption Unit, we are supporting Ética Moçambique’s efforts to establish Corruption Reporting Centers in eight provincial capitals: Xai-Xai, Inhambane, Chimoio, Tete, Quelimane, Nacala, Pemba and Lichinga. Over the coming years, we will also work to link our municipal governance program (add a link to SO10 here) to the Ética Moçambique and the Anti-Corruption Unit projects so that communities can play a more constructive role in reducing corruption.
Most of USAID’s anti-corruption activities in Mozambique are funded under the Agency’s Anti-Corruption Initiative established in 2003 to support multi-year anti-corruption programs in six African countries, including Mozambique. We worked closely with our USAID Washington colleagues to ensure a close fit with existing Mission programs. See USAID's Anti-Corruption Initiative in Africa for more information.
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