Anti-Corruption Agencies
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This U4 Issue investigates what it means when article 6 of the UN Convention against Corruption requires states to ensure the existence of a body or bodies to prevent corruption.
This U4 Brief discusses Anti-corruption Commissions (ACCs). ACCs have, with one or two exceptions, been a disappointment both to the people of developing countries and to their development partners. | |
 Measuring ‘success’ in five African Anti-Corruption CommissionsStudies of ACCs in five African countries (Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia) is the basis for the conclusions laid out in the final report. These special pages are based on research by a team led by Prof. Robert Williams, Durham University, UK.
Pre-study report: The current state of knowledge |
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Anti-Corruption Agencies |
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Executive summary |
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Why ACCs fail |
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Why ACCs succeed |
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Political will |
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Methodological issues |