Citizenship in Perspective: World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Works in Central Asia

The Moynihan Institute’s Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative presents a hybrid event with Nodir Zakirov, senior investigator at the World Bank Group. The talk will be moderated in person by Mirjakhon Turdiev, program manager for global engagement, Syracuse University.

Nodir Zakirov will virtually discuss how corruption affects international development, and how the World Bank Group (WBG)’s anti-corruption unit—Integrity Vice Presidency—ensures that development funds are used for their intended purposes and are not lost to fraud and corruption. The speaker will focus on his anticorruption work in Europe and Central Asia with examples from the field. The brief presentation will be followed by a quiz and Q&A with the audience.

Nodir Zakirov is a senior investigator at the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) of the World Bank Group (WBG). In addition to leading fraud and corruption investigations at INT, he has worked for the WBG in various capacities, including as counsel with the Integrity Compliance Office and advising client countries as part of the WBG’s Governance Global Practice. Before joining the WBG, Nodir led a team managing the U.S. Department of State’s grants program to support human rights, civil society and media freedom in Uzbekistan. He has a master of laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree in international law from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.