Evaluating the impact of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on corruption in Zambia

Paul Fenton Villar; Elissaios Papyrakis

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2017.01.009

Evaluating the impact of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on corruption in Zambia

Paul Fenton Villar
, Elissaios Papyrakis

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Abstract

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is internationally recognised as a leading anti-corruption scheme, which promotes transparency, accountability and good governance of public oil, gas, and mining revenues. This article provides the first rigorous quantitative investigation of the impact of EITI on corruption in Zambia. Using a case-comparison approach, called the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), we find that the implementation of EITI provoked a significant decrease in corruption in Zambia (with the corruption-reducing effect of EITI being, though, much stronger at the earlier stages of implementation).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	795-805
Number of pages	11
Journal	The Extractive Industries and Society
Volume	4
Issue number	4
Early online date	27 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2017.01.009
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

EITI
Corruption
Transparency
Extractive Industries
Zambia

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