This book explores how government spends and accounts for public money. The exploration is based on the Auditor-Generals report, which is a measure of a government's accountability record regarding public expenditure.Show me the money may not name names, but it provides an empirical basis for public action against those who willfully mismanage public resources or misappropriate it for private ends.

Corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial, sometimes even to a trial at all, according to the Global Corruption Report 2007: Corruption in Judicial Systems issued today by Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption.“Equal treatment before the law is a pillar of democratic societies. When courts are corrupted by greed or political expediency, the scales of justice are tipped, and ordinary people suffer,” said Huguette Labelle, Chair of Transparency International. “Judicial corruption means the voice of the innocent goes unheard, while the guilty act with impunity.”The new Global Corruption Report concludes that a corrupt judiciary erodes the international community’s ability to prosecute transnational crime and inhibits access to justice and redress for human rights violations. It undermines economic growth by damaging the trust of the investment community, and impedes efforts to reduce poverty.

Transparency International Zambia had the opportunity of sending two participants to attend a two day International workshop on Money Laundering and Compliance, held in Sand ton, South Africa between the 13th and 14th March 2002. The conference focused on Money Laundering from the South African context, with particular emphasis on the measures that are currently being undertaken to curb this problem. Participants who attended this conference came from a cross section, which encompassed the Public Sector, Private Sector, Financial Institutions, and Law Enforcement Agencies, and on Governmental organizations.

This study was conceived out of the recognition that public finances can contribute directly to the reduction of poverty and the general welfare of the majority of Zambians. According to the various Auditor General’s reports, Zambia appears to have serious challenges in the manner public finances are managed.

This report is based on the results of the study, ‘Funding of Basic Education in Zambia: An Anti-Corruption Perspective’, conducted from 6-30 July 2005 by Transparency International Zambia (TIZ). The survey was a follow-up to the World Bank- funded Education Sector Delivery Survey (ESDS) of 2002.

Since the assumption of office by President Mwanawasa in early 2002 the fight against corruption has taken centre stage in Zambia. This fight has essentially been targeted at senior officials of the Chiluba regime, including the former President himself. However, the government has paid little attention to the legal framework for combating corruption. It is important not only to punish acts of corruption but also to prevent acts of corruption from taking place. There is an old adage that prevention is better than cure.

This is a follow up survey to an earlier one undertaken in 2002. The survey is based on a combination of probability and non-probability sampling designs that include purposively selected respondents from the streets and targeted institutions.

Corruption has in the last decade become so rampant that it has almost become part of Zambian culture. It has affected all sectors of society including the judiciary and has had devastating consequences. It has undermined democratic institutions, aggravated the economic crisis, discouraged investment, led to human rights violations and worsened the poverty situation in Zambia. The lack of integrity among the political leadership has been a major cause of corruption. The study of the National Integrity System (NIS) in Zambia has come up with the following findings and recommendations.

The welfare of citizens in any given country is promoted through both public and private choice mechanisms. The primary instrument for public choice in Zambia is the central government through its array of Ministries, Departments and Agencies. With regard to private choice mechanism it can be stated that anyone who sells his goods for the best price he can get or who shops around for the cheapest source of supply is operating effectively in the market (Stokey and Zeckhauser, 1978).