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After 10 years Georgia fell into corruption again!
October 25, 2018 ReportBlogs 0 Comments
It’s standard fare in any article about Georgia to mention the country’s existing and everlasting corruption problem. It’s also incredibly boring, because hardly anyone has examples or knows how it actually works.
This report was prepared by the International Institute of Sociology in coordination with Lake Research Partners and Karakoyun Strategies in the framework of the USAID funded project «The Georgia National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER)» implemented by PAT, Inc. Georgia. Presented in the report are comparative results of National sociological surveys on the state of corruption in Georgia conducted in 2007, 2011, 2013, and 2017. The survey was targeted at measuring public perception
of the problem of corruption
and its experience with it. This report is intended to reach a wide readership.
Land Administration
Companies face a significant risk of corruption when dealing with Georgia’s land administration. Almost three-quarters of companies indicate they expect to give gifts when obtaining a construction permit from city hall (Particularly Tbilisi) (ES 2017). The constitution protects property rights, but in practice, these rights are weakly enforced owing to an inefficient court system subject to political influence and extensive corruption (BTI 2018). In effect, companies report insufficient confidence in the protection of property rights (GCR 2017-2018). Expropriation is permitted under the law in criminal cases and failure to meet investment obligations (ICS 2017).
Judicial System
Georgia’s judicial system is undermined by the executive branch for last several years and suffers from widespread corruption and nepotism (HRR 2018). Businesses report that irregular payments and bribes in exchange for favorable judgments are common (GCR 2015-2016). Three out of five Georgians consider judges to be corrupt (GCB 2015) and politically dependent. The process of dispute settlement is ineffective because of an inadequate legal framework and poor enforcement of arbitration decisions which further weakens investor confidence (ICS 2018). Judicial unpredictability and an inadequate institutional framework are additional problems for the business and investment climate (EEAS 2018). Reforms of the judiciary, adopted in mid-2016, strengthening of judicial independence by appointing judges via a judicial council rather than parliament, and making the court system simpler (EEAS 2015). The implementation of the reforms was still underway at the time of review. Enforcing a contract takes significantly less time than the regional average, but costs are nearly twice as high as the regional average.
Public Procurement
The public procurement system in Georgia carries high risks of corruption. Companies indicate that bribes are highly common in public procurement procedures (GCR 2017-2018). Companies further report that diversion of public funds due to corruption and favoritism in decisions of government officials are very common (GCR 2017-2018). About one in six companies indicates that corrupt practices give access to government tenders . Many of Georgia’s State-Owned Enterprises are unable to compete with private companies since they frequently operate at a loss and are subsidized by the government (ICS 2017). Reportedly, over UAH 150 GEL of procurement funds were embezzled between 2014-2016 (OECD 2016). Allegations also exist that USD 500 million in foreign aid was embezzled (Harper’s, Aug. 2018).
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