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IV. COMBATING CORRUPTION 59<br />

A. Government response to corruption: institutional development and<br />

political leadership – Botswana 60<br />

B. Empowering <strong>the</strong> public against corruption by publishing<br />

administrative procedures and fees – Lebanon 63<br />

C. Transparency in public expenditures through participatory social<br />

auditing – India 65<br />

D. Combating bribery in <strong>the</strong> public health sector – Poland 68<br />

E. Municipal re<strong>for</strong>m to combat corruption and improve <strong>the</strong> delivery<br />

<strong>of</strong> services – Bolivia 71<br />

F. Addressing <strong>the</strong> supply side <strong>of</strong> corruption: curbing bribery by<br />

companies supported by export credit agencies – OECD 74<br />

Fur<strong>the</strong>r reading 77<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

The Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United Nations High Commissioner <strong>for</strong> Human Rights would<br />

like to thank <strong>the</strong> many individuals and organizations that provided comments,<br />

suggestions and support <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> this publication. It wishes to thank<br />

in particular Katia Papagianni, who had primary responsibility <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> research<br />

and writing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> publication, and Marianne Haugaard, Nadia Hijab and Laure-<br />

Hélène Piron, who reviewed it. It also wishes to express particular thanks to <strong>the</strong><br />

United Nations Development Programme’s Oslo Governance Centre and its Bratislava<br />

Regional Centre, <strong>the</strong> World Bank, UNAIDS (Brazil), <strong>the</strong> Organisation <strong>for</strong><br />

Economic Co-operation and Development, <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>for</strong> Education and<br />

Skills <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Great Britain and Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ireland, <strong>the</strong> Department<br />

<strong>for</strong> International Development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Great Britain and<br />

Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ireland (Jordan), Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Office, <strong>the</strong><br />

Batory Foundation (Poland), Colgate University, International Orthodox Christian<br />

Charities (Romania), <strong>the</strong> Lebanese Transparency Association, <strong>the</strong> Open Society<br />

Institute, Penal Re<strong>for</strong>m International, <strong>the</strong> Roma Center <strong>for</strong> Social Intervention<br />

and Studies (Romani CRISS), <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Costa Rica and <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong><br />

Teesside.<br />

IV

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