Report Corruption (TIB)

An initiative of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

What is Report Corruption?

Report Corruption is an open internet and mobile phone-based initiative of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to engage more people in the social movement against corruption in Bangladesh. Through this platform the people of Bangladesh are invited to report incidents and experiences of bribery in key areas of TIB’s thematic interest of civic engagement - health, education, local government, land and climate finance areas. TIB doesn’t, however, undertake actions against individual cases of corruption, which is the function of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), police and the judiciary. Information provided through Report Corruption platform will be used by TIB solely for research and advocacy purposes. TIB has created this platform to facilitate direct engagement of people in generating data on corruption which will serve three main purposes: a) study of sector-wise corruption trends and implications based on experiences victims analysis; b) wider dissemination, communication and advocacy for positive change; and c) referral of specific cases to the concerned authorities, especially Anti-corruption Commission and relevant institutions including ministries and departments.

What are the platforms to report?

Now TIB is offering Report Corruption by SMS, Mobile App, Online, e-mail and ALAC for some certain places in Bangladesh. This programme will be conducted nationwide in near future.

Why Report?

According to TIB's National Household Survey 2012 report, some 63.7 percent of respondents reported that they had to pay bribes for government services. In terms of implications of corruption measured by the amount of bribe, the situation has worsened compared to 2010, when cost of bribery in the surveyed sectors was estimated at 1.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or 8.7 percent the of annual national budget, which in 2012 rose to 2.4 percent of GDP and 13.4 percent of the annual budget. The survey also showed that while corruption affects everyone, the poorer sections of the society suffer more. Cost of petty corruption was estimated to be 4.8 percent of average annual household expenditure. For households with the lowest range of annual expenditures the rate of loss was much higher at 5.5 percent compared to high spending households for whom it was 1.3 percent. The burden of corruption is clearly more on the poor. This needs to be stopped. By reporting incidences of bribery, you will raise your voice against corruption and the collective voice of the people will help TIB to advocate with respective institutions such as ACC to reduce unauthorized payments in public service deliveries.

What is TIB?

An accredited national chapter of the Berlin based Transparency International; TIB is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan non-government organisation which envisions a corruption free Bangladesh. TIB's mission is to catalyse and strengthen a participatory social movement to promote and develop institutions, laws and practices for combating corruption in Bangladesh, and to establish an efficient and transparent system of governance, politics and business. TIB's combined role of research and advocacy has contributed significantly to the generation of anti-corruption knowledge, production of policy recommendations for good governance and engagement of stakeholders in social movement against corruption. Working closely through citizens volunteer groups at the local level, TIB has spread its work across 45 locations in Bangladesh.