Market for Bundles: A New Stage of Foreign Anti-Bribery Enforcement Branislav Hock Catching and punishing corrupt companies using civil and criminal law has been a dominant strategy to curb transnational bribery. Yet, it has largely been a business lobby that stood behind the internationalization of anti-bribery enforcement. Most notably, following the ‘Watergate’ scandal and the…
Using a social norms approach to tackle corruption in Nigeria Abdulkareem Lawal As a teenager in a rural community in Nigeria, I often witnessed the scorn and disgrace heaped on officials of village associations who could not account for funds kept in their care. Such individuals are treated with disrespect including their family members, and…
Interpreting anti-corruption within a public ethics of accountability Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti A standard premise of anti-corruption is that to fight corruption we need to identify and remedy its negative consequences. For example, in cases of ‘political corruption’ the primary goal of anti-corruption has been that of addressing the negative consequences of the corrupt…
Rethinking corruption risk management for global health programmes: from compliance-based approaches to informed programme design Sebastian Bauhoff, Roxanne Oroxom, Sarah Steingrüber, and Aneta Wierzynska Donor approaches to anti-corruption should pay more attention to context and risk Corruption is often systematic in low- and middle-income countries and can undermine the development objectives of donors. While donors…
Focusing efforts and blurring lines: the OECD’s shift from ethics to integrity Sofia Wickberg Since corruption became established as a global public problem, the attention of academics as well as NGO experts and officials from international organisations has moved from exploring “why it is a problem” to debating “what works and what does not” in…
Fighting Corruption with Insights from Behavioral Science Johann Graf Lambsdorff ‘Nudges’ are important and inexpensive, but their impact can be relatively minor Across the world, governments, international organizations and private companies have started to explore how behavioral science can support their policies and are increasingly using it for approaching anti-corruption. This development has been fueled…
Add women and stir? Exploring the gendered dimension of corruption Rrita Ismajli and Miranda Loli Moving from ‘fairer sex’ arguments to gender equality Many anti-corruption strategies emphasize a change in governmental structures, often toward a ‘lean government’, yet one more recent alternative instead focuses on the gender diversity of those in power, also considered as…
Fighting corruption through strengthening financial integrity: Reflections on Pakistan’s experience Tom Keatinge and Anton Moiseienko Western enablers not the whole story Much of the anti-corruption work of the recent years has focused on ‘Western’ enablers of kleptocracy, namely financial and non-financial businesses operating in global financial centres. The ever-expanding literature on the subject includes academic…
Pressure to change: a new donor approach to anti-corruption? Phil Mason Introduction The evidence has long been clear that corruption is a brake on a country’s chances of achieving sustainable development. It impedes inclusive economic growth and accentuates inequalities; diverts public funds from productive uses; deters inward investment through increasing the costs to, and unpredictabilities…
What ‘hidden’ success stories tell us about anti-corruption policy and practice Heather Marquette and Caryn Peiffer Identifying ‘Islands of Integrity’ in Uganda and South Africa When Uganda’s Minister of Health literally went undercover in a burqa to investigate bribery, her televised exposé of the health workers who asked her for bribes was one of many…