The billions of dollars of donor funding that have flowed into Somalia’s reconstruction efforts have exposed glaring weaknesses in the country’s procurement systems. Six firms have been blacklisted by the World Bank over the past six years for fraud and corruption linked to donor-funded contracts.
The multilateral lender has sanctioned local, regional, and global players for fraudulent practices, including irregular payments to government officials, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and false representations about firms’ experience and credentials.
