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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 3 Corruption level in three axes: before and after the PSI

From: Public service innovation to fight corruption: metrics and policy in Mexico 2019–2022

PSI innovation

Public–private relationship P-p

Organization

Behavior

Total

Institutionalized corruption

Social support

a    

b

c

a + b + c

X1

X2

Number in Table 2

PSI

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before- 8 (**)

Estimation

8

Fuel theft (Huachicoleo*)

6

1

6

2

6

3

18

6

10

0.8I

7

Internationally consolidated drug purchases

6

3

4

2

6

3

16

8

8

0.2II

11

Power transmission tariffs (CFE)

5

2

5

2

5

3

15

7

7

0.55III

9

Renegotiation of energy-related contracts with Pemex and CFE (electricity own-supply)

5

2

5

3

5

2

15

7

7

0.55III

3

President’s Daily Press Conference (“Mañaneras”)

4

1

4

1

6

3

14

5

6

0.65IV

12

Expansion and modernization of the national oil refining system (PEMEX)

5

2

3

2

5

3

13

7

5

0.55III

10

Alternative to a wholesale power market (CFE)

5

4

4

3

4

3

13

10

5

0.55III

2

Social Security Welfare (IMSS)

5

4

2

1

5

1

12

6

4

0.75V

5

The School is Ours

3

1

4

1

4

1

11

3

3

0.59VI

1

Welfare Bank

3

1

3

1

4

1

10

3

2

0.51VII

4

Young people building the future

3

1

3

1

3

1

9

3

1

0.62VIII

6

Sowing life

3

1

2

1

3

1

8

3

0

0.65IX

Scaling impact corruption levels by axis (0, means no corruption)

 

P-p corruption

Organizational

Behavior

Impact

Characteristic

Impact

Characteristic

Impact

Characteristic

  

1

High clarity

1

Individual

1

Opportunist

  

2

Medium clarity

2

Group of persons

2

More than once

  

3

Low clarity

3

Collusion with public officers

3

Low-frequency abuse

  

4

Slightly fuzzy

4

Public office corrupted

4

Medium frequency abuse

  

5

Moderately fuzzy

5

Public office plus other government branches

5

High-frequency abuse

  

6

Highly fuzzy

6

Corruption of three branches of state: Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary

6

Abuse is the rule

  
  1. *“Huachicol” in Mexico refers to the illegal acts of stealing and selling oil or gas
  2. (**) 8 is the lowest value of the “before” column
  3. Corruption values are given by PSI’s experts on each PSI
  4. Source: Elaborated by the author
  5. Social support estimation: X2
  6. I Expert perception: 0.80
  7. II Expert perception: 0.20
  8. III Energy Reform Deputies in favor/ Total votes: 275/ 498 = 0.55
  9. IV Audience: 0.65
  10. V Cover States: 24/ 32 = 0.75
  11. VI Cover schools: 103,000/ 173,000 = 0.59
  12. VII Bank branches/ total goal: 1342 / 2600 = 0.51
  13. VIII Young 18–29 years old: 2.5 / 4.0 million people
  14. IX Cover States: 21/ 32 = 0.65