Putting the Power of Transparency in Context: Information’s Role in Reducing Corruption in Uganda’s Education Sector

Paul Hubbard ()

No 136, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: One of the popular stories told (and taught) in development circles is how corruption was slashed in Uganda simply by publishing the amount of monthly grants to schools. This paper takes a deeper look at the facts behind the Uganda story and finds that while information did indeed play a critical role, the story is much more complicated than we have been led to believe. A dramatic drop did occur in the percentage of funds being diverted from Uganda’s capitation grant. But to attribute this leakage solely to the monthly release of grant data by the government risks ignoring the major funding in which this transparency campaign was imbedded.

Keywords: education; Uganda; corruption; transparency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2007-12
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