Document Type
Brief
Category
Integrity in Brief
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Since 1997, Mexico City has had an autonomous, elected government responsible for meeting the needs of nearly nine million metropolitan citizens. Controlling corruption has been a key public priority. In 2004, the city government passed the Citizen Participation Act (Ley de Participación Ciudadana), which established a landmark program to enlist citizen volunteers directly in the day-to-day work of procurement oversight.
These trained volunteers, called “citizen comptrollers,” act as ground-level watchdogs to observe and evaluate public contracting processes. The “bottom up” approach to municipal anti-corruption control pioneered by the Citizen Comptrollers program can serve as an innovative model for cities and states worldwide seeking cost-effective approaches to combat procurement fraud.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Patricio Martinez Llompart,
Mexico City's Citizen Comptroller Program,
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/74