This Deliverable offers an update on corruption measurement activities as part of the RESPOND project, based on our comprehensive literature review, consultations with stakeholders, and selected initial data analysis activities. The indicators compiled in this report provide the foundation upon which many subsequent RESPOND research activities, papers and policy briefs will be based. The literature on measuring favoritism, corruption risks, and related activities has grown vast in the last decade, making this report also extensive. The authors compiled a comprehensive literature review surveying the relevant literature while also offering initial empirical research supporting novel indicators and research directions in the domains of legislation, public procurement and intra-government transfers.

In each of the 3 domains of government activity (legislation, public procurement, grants), the report starts of by offering foundational definitions delimiting the study topic, then moving on to a comprehensive literature review of measurement approaches and indicators; and finally offering a selected case study demonstrating the kinds of novel corruption measurement activities RESPOND is embarking on. The 3 sections can be read in isolation even though the overall approach to measurement, the selection of the relevant literature and empirical work are similar across.

This report is a draft and has not yet been reviewed or approved by the European Commission. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Authors: Cyril Benoit, Mihály Fazekas, Klea Ibrahimi, Eszter Katona, Daniel Kofrán, Fjorela Pahumi, Viktoriia Poltoratskaia, Vladislav Shatilov, Anastasiia Soboleva, Sebastian Thieme and Bence Tóth