Zdenka Milivojevic March 11, 2010 Sarajevo From informal practice to the rule of law: how to overcome corruption - the case of Serbia CROSSING MINDS AND BORDERS IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES The Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education Conference in Sarajevo 11 – 12 March, 2010

Methodology Sample: Politicians Government officials Public procuremnet Local business Foreign business Judiciary NGO Media International donors Qualitative: 135 IDs Quantitative: 600 Q

If you were to describe Serbia as it is today, would you say that it is… (in %)

Whether the rule of law is respected in Serbia (in %) Less than one fifth respect the law!

Least law-abiding people (in %)

Formal vs. informal society (in %)

Extent to which the respondent has been approached with requests for favors (in %)

How often are you approached by informal networks with requests related to your work (in %) 87,9%

Would you say that informal networks are a result of... (in %)

Whether the use informal networks in Serbia is useful or harmful? Political sphere is the most corrupted – vertically and horizontally! Whether informal networks facilitate corruption? Whether.... (in %)

Which of the three measures would be most efficient for limiting the negative impact of informal networks?

Is there sufficient political will to reduce the negative impact of informal networks (in %)

Thank you!