Improving Governance in Uttarstan Flagship Course on Governance and Anticorruption Washington D.C. April 21-23, 2003

Three Questions Substantively, what should be done? Strategically, how should the GoU proceed? What would be the potential role for the Bank and other donors?

Combating Corruption: An Initial Blueprint Economic Policy - Price/Subsidies - Regulation/Deregulation - Competition Policy - Tax Policy Civil Society -Media - NGOs

Filling in Knowledge Gaps Known Presumed Unknown

Positions of Relevant Stakeholders Strongly Supportive Supportive Neutral Opposed Strongly Opposed

Uttarstan: How Serious are the Challenges? On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely is it that Uttarstan will make major progress in the struggle against corruption during the next three years? What are the major challenges facing the GoU?

Strategically, How Do We Proceed? Strategy Nature of Problem External Environment Internal Capacity

Strategically, How Do We Proceed? Nature of Strategy Focused versus Comprehensive Prevention versus Prosecution Incremental versus “big bang” Where can you not afford to fail? Low hanging fruit How it’s Formulated and Implemented Focal Point Directed versus Consultative Low Key or High Profile Sustainability of reforms Monitoring? Sequencing?

Bank Instruments Near Term Medium Term CAS Policy Dialogue Lending TA Analytical Work KM Capacity Building