Afghanistan in the Post-Cold War Era by Rubin Barnett R

Author:Rubin, Barnett R.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

Corruption

• Afghanistan’s weak administration has few if any effective controls over corruption, which has undermined support for the government. Some systems have been instituted to prevent the most important types of corruption, notably a system requiring transparent public bidding for procurement. Increasingly, however, ministries are sidestepping this procedure and signing single-source contracts, many of which are then approved by the president in the interest of not delaying important projects. The compact obliges the government to fight corruption without saying how.

Recommendation:

• The Afghan president should tell his cabinet that he will no longer sign single-source contracts without exceptional circumstances and that all ministers found proffering such contracts will be sacked. International donors should invest in building the capacity of the Afghan government to draft proposals and process contracts so that transparent procedures do not lead to intolerable delays.

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