Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zambia have been advocates of good governance. As a result, they have been involved in several initiatives aimed at fighting corruption. This summary information is intended to be a complementary tool to their anticorruption activities and initiatives. It contains five chapters.
The following are some sources CSOs could use to get reliable information on the existence or prevalence of corruption in order to plan their interventions from an informed perspective:
- Crime Statistics and Court Judgments: Cases that have gone to court
and have been proved provide conclusive evidence of the existence
of corruption. Even though, where a case is dismissed, that may not
necessarily mean there is no corruption; - Public Perceptions and Attitudes: This is usually through surveys of public
perception of corruption, such as the Transparency International(TI)
Corruption Perception Index; - People’s Experience of Corruption: this can, for example, be through
though surveys such as for Afrobarometer and Transparency
International Zambia (TI-Z) Bribe Payers Report; and - Other Administrative and Institutional Data: this may include reports of
quasi state agencies such as the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), the
Auditor General and reports of international organisations, such as the
World Bank on corruption in Zambia.