Project Procurement-Related Audits
The Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) conducts project procurement-related audit (PPRAs) to identify and prevent internal control weaknesses that may allow fraud, corruption, or other forms of abuse to occur in ADB-financed projects.
Through PPRAs, OAI also fulfills part of its mandate to support ADB’s efforts in strengthening supreme audit institutions (SAIs), especially the SAIs’ capacity to detect fraud, by sharing audit knowledge and best practices through jointly conducting the PPRAs.
ADB publishes on the website reports of PPRAs that have been initiated in 2008. This is in accordance with ADB's Public Communications Policy.
PPRA Objectives
General: to detect fraudulent and corrupt practices relating to procurement of goods and services through review of a project’s procurement, financial management, contract implementation, and project management practices in ADB-financed projects.
Specific:
- identify whether the procurement of project goods and works complied with ADB’s Procurement Guidelines and the relevant loan agreement
- determine whether contracts were implemented according to their terms
- ensure ADB’s funds were used for their intended purposes
- recommend improvements to internal controls to mitigate opportunities for fraud, corruption, or abuse in ADB-financed projects
Since 2003, OAI has completed 21 PPRAs and 1 spot audit for various ADB projects.
View highlights of these PPRAs in the links below:
| Year |
No of PPRAs |
Country |
| 2008 |
4 |
Afghanistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, and Viet Nam |
| 2007 |
5 |
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Pakistan, Nepal, and Peoples Republic of China |
| 2006 |
4 |
Cambodia, Fiji Islands, Philippines, and Uzbekistan |
| 2005 |
4 |
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Papua New Guinea |
| 2004 |
2 |
India and Viet Nam |
| 2003 |
1 |
Sri Lanka |
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Conductors nicely organized |
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New insulators stored at yard- disorganized and messy |
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Poorly built hospital |
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Sub-standard materials |
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Well constructed tunnel |
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