The World Bank Group's ("Bank") Integrity Vice
Presidency ("INT") is an independent unit within the Bank
charged with investigating five types of misconduct—fraud,
corruption, collusion, coercion, and obstruction—related to
bank-financed projects. To date, INT, which began operating in
1999, has investigated and closed almost 3,000 cases.
In FY2013 (ending June 30), INT evaluated 449 complaints from 90
countries and opened 89 as new cases, some of which are ongoing.
The top three regions with the highest number of new cases were
Africa, South Asia, and East Asia Pacific, respectively.
Agriculture, healthcare, transport, and water were the most
commonly targeted sectors.
INT has five administrative sanctions at its disposal: public
letter of reprimand; debarment; conditional non-debarment;
debarment with conditional release; and, restitution. In FY2013,
however, INT imposed only debarments and conditional nondebarments
on sanctioned entities. In total, INT debarred
