Politifact. Kamala Harris stated on May 4, 2021 in a speech: “The global cost of corruption is as much as 5% of the world’s GDP.” May 7, 2021.

“If bribes, even small ones, lead to evasion of building or environmental inspections, the costs could be catastrophic,” Anderson said. “What would be the cost of bribes associated with faulty equipment or medicines in a pandemic? A road of poor quality due to corruption is not only expensive, it can cause loss of life, property damage, and loss of goods in transit. For these reasons, the costs of corruption are much more than simple volumes of bribery.” Read more…

ikon.mn. “Ж.Андерсон: Монголчууд том шийдвэр гаргахын өмнө судалгаа хийдэггүй, эрсдэлээ тооцдоггүй”

Монголын анхны олон нийтийн Цахим телевиз болох “Control” телевизийн “Комментатор” нэвтрүүлгийн ээлжит ярилцлагыг сониндоо буулгалаа. Энэ дугаарт МУСГЗ, тус нэвтрүүлгийн хөтлөгч Ц.Энхбат Монгол улсад 28 жил тасралтгүй үйл ажиллагаа явуулж буй Дэлхийн банкны суурин төлөөлөгч Жэймс Андерсонтай эдийн засгийн өнөөгийн нөхцөл байдлын талаар ярилцсан байна. Read more…

The Mongol Messenger. “Mongolia needs stable institutional system and higher standards of accountability.” May 29th, 2018

On May 22, we had an interview with the World Bank’s Country Manager for Mongolia James Anderson on Mongolia’s economic and governance issues. Read more …

The Economist. “The IMF bails Mongolia out—again. Every commodity bust brings a balance-of-payments crisis.” Feb 25th 2017

WHEN Jim Anderson first lived in Mongolia in 1993, there was one local word foreigners could not help but learn: baikhgui, which translates as “absent” or “unavailable”. Bread? Rice? Electricity? Often as not, they were baikhgui, he recounts in a blog post for the World Bank, for which he has returned to Mongolia as country director. Even those lucky enough to have American currency to spend in “dollar shops” received sticks of chewing gum as change. Read more…

GoGo.mn.  “James Anderson: Many people in Mongolia forget just how difficult it was in 1990s”.  B.Erdenechimeg 2017-05-09.

We interviewed with the James Anderson, World Bank’s Country Manager and Resident Representative for Mongolia, on the past, present and future of economic outlook. Note that the interview was made in the beginning of April. Read more …

Өнөөдөр. Жеймс Андерсон: Өр төлөх чадамжтай байхын тулд одооноос хичээж ажиллаж хэрэгтэй. Дэлхийн банкны Монгол дахь суурин төлөөлөгч Жеймс Андерсонтой ярилцлаа.

-Энэ нь таны Монголын хэвлэлд өгч буй анхны ярилцлага гэж сонссон. Улс төр, эдийн засгийн хүрээллээс гаднах монголчуудад та төдийлэн танил болж амжаагүй. Тиймээс та бидэнд өөрийгөө танилцуулахгүй юу?

-Баярлалаа. Би АНУ-ын Мэриландын их сургуульд суралцаж эдийн засагч мэргэжил эзэмшсэн. Монголд 1993 онд анх хөл тавьж байлаа. АНУ-ын Олон улсын хөгжлийн агентлагийн шугамаар Монгол Улсад хэрэгжсэн төслийн багт ажилласан. Зах зээлийн эдийн засгийн мэдлэг олгох зорилгоор хэрэгжүүлсэн төсөл байсан юм л даа. Дөрвөн жил ажиллаад, төсөл 1997 онд дууссан. Энэ хугацаанд сургалтаас гадна судалгааны ажил мөн хийсэн. Read more (Mongolian) …

Tuổi Trẻ . “Chỉ Việt Nam mới có thể trả lời”. 14/04/2010

TTCT – Với kết quả nghiên cứu quá trình phân cấp trao quyền của Việt Nam trong hai thập kỷ qua, Báo cáo phát triển Việt Nam (VDR) 2010 (*) do Ngân hàng Thế giới cùng 13 nhà tài trợ khác cho Việt Nam thực hiện cho rằng thay đổi không đến từ các nhà tài trợ mà phải xuất phát từ trong chính hệ thống của Việt Nam. Read more (Vietnamese) …

Thanh Nien. “Land, housing sectors fail to keep up with admin reforms”.  Monday, February 01, 2010

Most Vietnamese people feel administrative reforms have improved public services but those relating to land and housing still lag behind, according a World Bank report released recently. Seventy-five percent of 9,189 citizens surveyed said that the procedures for granting land ownership certificates was slower than other sectors, World Bank representative James Anderson quoted the “Vietnam Development Report 2010: Modern Institutions” as saying. Read more …

The Economist. “Judge or be judged. In the ex-communist world corruption seems to be declining. Mostly.” Jul 27th 2006

TURNING an aquarium into fish soup is simple. Turning the fish soup back into an aquarium is not. For the ex-communist countries, stabilising economies and introducing market mechanisms has proved the easy bit. Remaking public institutions, and making them clean and efficient, is much harder to do and to measure.

A new study published this week by the World Bank* casts an optimistic light. It asked almost 10,000 firms in 26 ex-communist countries (Turkmenistan was excluded) and Turkey about the cost and frequency of bribe-giving, and their views about the nature and nuisance-level of corruption. This time, for comparison, it included five other European countries. Read more …