Political clientelism seriously affects the management of public money at local level
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A study by Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” on political clientelism in the management of public funds was presented on 16 July at a round table in Moldova. It finds that corruption, clientelism and weak public authority capacity continue to hold back the country's development.
The study identifies the most common forms of clientelism: rigged public procurement, kinship or financial ties in contracts with authorities, conflicts of interest and appointments to public office. It examined transfers to first-tier local authorities in 2018 and 2019 and built an index comparing allocations to localities affiliated with the government and those that are not.
In 2018, only 703 of 898 mayoralties received funding under the “Good Roads” programme, and the largest allocations did not necessarily go to government-affiliated mayors. Capital investment transfers totalled MDL 117 million in 2018 and MDL 204 million in 2019, approved non-transparently. Officials from the Ministry of Finance, CALM and the mayors of Cahul and Strășeni also commented.
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