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32 Diagnosing Corruption in Ethiopia<br />

Figure 2.2<br />

Value Chain Framework of Potential Health Sector Abuses<br />

Policy and<br />

budgets<br />

Foreign aid<br />

Financial<br />

management<br />

Regulations<br />

and<br />

inspections<br />

Procurement<br />

Drug supply<br />

Health care<br />

delivery and<br />

patients<br />

Source: Authors.<br />

Corruption type<br />

• policy capture (restricting<br />

competition and protecting<br />

monopolies)<br />

• allocating funds to favored groups<br />

or regions<br />

• allocating funds to specific projects<br />

to facilitate kickbacks,<br />

embezzlement, or theft<br />

• establishment of fraudulent<br />

implementing organizations<br />

• siphoning of funds away from<br />

intended purpose<br />

• leakage of donated drugs or<br />

commodity for resale<br />

• embezzlement<br />

• misapplication of funds<br />

• interference in setting standards or<br />

approval for drugs, equipment, and<br />

licensing<br />

• bribing inspectors or extorting<br />

funds from suppliers and providers<br />

to certify compliance<br />

• kickbacks<br />

• manipulating specifications<br />

• collusion among bidders<br />

• special access to bidding<br />

documents<br />

• expired, substandard, or counterfeit<br />

medications<br />

• theft for use in private practice<br />

• theft for resale<br />

• side payments for favored<br />

placements<br />

• absenteeism<br />

• receiving or extorting illicit<br />

payments<br />

Evidence or allegations in<br />

Ethiopia<br />

• allegations of favoritism in<br />

awarding major consulting<br />

contracts<br />

• evidence of commodities<br />

being stolen or diverted in<br />

major campaigns<br />

• lax financial reporting from<br />

community-based<br />

organizations<br />

• audits unable to determine<br />

final use of funds<br />

• mixed financial accounts<br />

preclude accountability for<br />

use of funds<br />

• alleged bribery of inspectors<br />

• performance audits show<br />

cases in which work was not<br />

done<br />

• audits reveal unverifiable<br />

expenditures<br />

• proper bidding procedures not<br />

always used in purchases<br />

of large commodities programs<br />

and in awards of construction<br />

contracts<br />

• diversion to private practice<br />

and pharmacies<br />

• existence of a black market<br />

for drugs not available in the<br />

public sector<br />

• absenteeism to serve private<br />

patients<br />

• referral of patients to private<br />

practice for additional fees<br />

• priority services provided by<br />

patronage<br />

• pilfering of equipment and<br />

other services for use in<br />

private practice

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