EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BODIES IN SUPPRESSION OF CORRUPTION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES
EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BODIES IN SUPPRESSION OF CORRUPTION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES

Summary/Abstract: Many countries have established Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACA) in various forms, given them differing mandates and powers, and obtaining equally mixed results. The traditional anticorruption functions are prevention, including education and public awareness; investigation of corruption cases; prosecution of corruption cases and policy; and research and coordination. The aim of the article is to examine effectiveness of preventive Anti-Corruption Agencies in Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia), and their achieved results. The different circumstances in these countries, the different strategies pursued by the agencies, and their different degrees of success, have yielded some useful suggestive insights, even though there are too many variables and too few data points for any definitive statistically significant conclusions. Factors that determine an Anti-Corruption Agencies effectiveness are political support from the country’s leadership and a clear and comprehensive legislative framework that delineates its powers and relationship with other policy agencies. Additional factors for successful functioning of ACA are guarantee of adequate resources and independence, accountability and relationship with citizens and media. The Western Balkan ACAs were assessed against these factors and accomplished track-record. The article is based on the desk research, analysis of statistical data published in Annual reports, finance and human resources data.

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