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Corruption in Emergencies:
What role(s) for media?

Working meeting held in Oslo (Norad) 30 May, 2006

(from left to right: Amanta Perera, Kunda Dixit, Edetaen Ojo)

As part of a broader analysis of corruption in emergencies, the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre initiated a dialogue on the role(s) of the media. On 30 May 2006, a working meeting held at Norad offices in Oslo brought together donors, NGOs and journalists, including media practitioners from Sri Lanka, Liberia and Nepal. The purpose was to draw on actual case studies to suggest ways in which humanitarian agencies and the media can mutually support responsible coverage of corruption in emergency aid. Recommendations to donors, humanitarian agencies, and both local and international media are presented at the end of this report.

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CONTENTS
Workshop:

Agenda (pdf)

List of participants (pdf)

Opening remarks by Jesper Højberg, Exec. Director – IMS

Report - Part 1:

Lessons from the tsunami

Report - Part 2: Working with local media
Report - Part 3: Media-agency relations: how to break the impasse?

Recommendations
Annex 1: List of resources (links)
Annex 2: Media impacts on corruption throughout the project cycle

 

 
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CONTACT

Jessica Leigh Schultz
Senior Programme Coordinator (U4) (On maternity leave until 31 December 2010)
jessica.schultz@cmi.no
+47 47938075


RECOMMENDED READING

Need and greed: corruption risks, perceptions and prevention in humanitarian assistance
by Sarah Bailey, Overseas Development Institute (2008)
This Policy Brief – based on the report "Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance" - outlines corruption risks unique to emergency contexts, perceptions of corruption by affected populations, and the ways in which policies and practices of aid agencies could address these risks more effectively.

Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance: Final Research Paper
by Daniel Maxwell et al., Transparency International Feinstein International Center and the Overseas Development Institute (2008)
This report, based on seven country studies, analyses the significance of corruption in humanitarian emergencies, where and how it occurs, and the measures agencies take to minimise risk. Obstacles and gaps in addressing corruption are followed by suggestions at the program and program support levels.

Mapping the Risks of Corruption in Humanitarian Action
by Pete Ewins et al., Overseas Development Institute (a report for U4 and Transparency International 2005)


CASE STUDIES

The Overseas Development Institute has produced a range of case studies of corruption in humanitarian assistance:

Corruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: an Afghanistan case study
Kevin Savage, Lorenzo Delesgues, Ellen Martin, and Gul Pacha Ulfat, HPG Working Paper (2007)

Corruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: a Liberia case study
Kevin Savage with Mulbah S. Jackollie, D. Maxim Kumeh, and Edwin Dorbor, HPG Background Paper (2007)

Perceptions of corruption in humanitarian assistance among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda
Sarah Bailey, HPG Working Paper (2008)

Beneficiary perceptions of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a Sri Lanka case study
Samir Elhawary with M.M.M Aheeyar, HPG Working Paper (2008)


RELEVANT EXPERT ANSWERS

Sexual exploitation in peace-keeping missions

Corruption and humanitarian relief



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