Niger: Selected Issues
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 22, 2019
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Bibliographic details
- Published: July 22, 2019
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513508245.002
Summary and Purpose
- This Selected Issues paper takes stock of Niger’s tools to directly and indirectly combat corruption and shows that shortcomings in public-sector governance take a toll on private-sector development, especially young firms and exporters.
- The paper describes Niger’s anti-corruption framework, discusses how broader public-sector governance reforms can contribute to curbing corruption, assesses the impact on the private sector, and suggests measures to advance anticorruption reforms.
- The authorities profess commitment to fight corruption and have taken steps to revamp the anti-corruption framework.
Major Findings
- Niger is equipped with legal and regulatory audit bodies that contribute to combatting corruption and promoting good governance.
- Although the legal and regulatory framework for public procurement is sound, its effective implementation remains elusive.
- Recent progress in simplifying administrative procedures should discourage public officials from exploiting complex bureaucracy to extract bribes.
- Formal regression analysis confirms that firms subject to corruption record lower sales and productivity growth relative to those that do not pay bribe.
Impact on the Private Sector
- Shortcomings in public-sector governance negatively affect private-sector development, with pronounced effects on:
- young firms
- exporters
- Empirical evidence presented (formal regression analysis) shows lower sales and productivity growth for firms that face corruption.
Anticorruption Framework and Reforms
- The authorities have taken steps to revamp the anti-corruption framework.
- The paper outlines measures to advance Niger’s anticorruption agenda, encompassing legal, regulatory, and administrative reforms.
Public Procurement and Administrative Procedures
- Legal and regulatory framework: sound on paper.
- Implementation gap: effective implementation of procurement rules remains elusive.
- Administrative simplification: recent progress is expected to reduce opportunities for bribery by decreasing bureaucratic complexity.
Subject Coverage and Keywords
- Subjects: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Auditing; Corruption; Crime; Expenditure; Legal support in revenue administration; Public financial management (PFM); Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP); Revenue administration.
- Keywords include: anti-corruption framework; anti-corruption legislation; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); asset declaration regime; Auditing; clearance time; Corruption; CR; current asset; due diligence; Global; government contract; government gazette; government survey; ISCR; Legal support in revenue administration; organic law; president of the republic; public funds; Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP).
Content in this bundle
- Niger: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 19/240; June 13, 2019