Global Indicator Guidance Template - US Department of State

OBJECTIVE: PROGRAM AREA:
GOVERNING JUSTLY AND DEMOCRATICALLY POLITICAL COMPETITION
AND CONSENSUS BUILDING
ELEMENT: GJD 2.4 – ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORMS
INDICATOR TITLE: NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS AND RATIO OF CONVICTIONS TO
PROSECUTIONS FOR CORRUPTION-RELATED CRIMES
DEFINITION:
Corruption-related crimes include: bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illicit
enrichment, interference in government process (e.g., gov’t procurement,
licensing, other decisions). Corruption offenses do not necessarily require
personal financial gain—it can apply to any personal benefit, including benefit to
a third party (family member, friend, political associate, etc.).
RATIONALE:
Programs designed to improve anticorruption enforcement often focus on the
quality of evidence and prosecutors’ ability to bring strong cases that will garner
convictions. Looking for an increase in prosecutions will help determine whether
prosecutors are aggressive and being given political space to enforce laws. A
rising ratio of convictions to prosecutions would indicate improved quality of
evidence gathering, case preparation and litigation, and/or falling levels of
corruption in the judiciary.
UNIT:
# of prosecutions and the ratio of
convictions to prosecutions
TYPE: OUTPUT/OUTCOME
Impact
DATA SOURCE:
Implementing partners
MEASUREMENT NOTES:
DISAGGREGATE BY:
None
DIRECTION OF CHANGE:
Higher = better
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