Corruption and Aid
No aid modality, agency or recipient is free from corruption risks. Find resources on the scope and nature of these risks and how they can be identified and addressed.
Concern about possible corruption in aid flows and projects has grown with increased pressure on donor aid budgets and greater attention to aid effectiveness. Not every donor, recipient or project will be equally exposed to corrupt practices; the context, modalities, choice of partners, and systems for detection all affect risk levels. Equally important is how aid providers respond and how they promote integrity from within.
Among the resources in this U4 Theme Page you will:
- Understand about the challenges associated with per diems
- Find evidence on corruption’s impact in different aid modalities
- Learn lessons for effective whistle-blowing mechanisms
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Member countries of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) are asked to deliver action plans with commitments towards making their governments more transparent, accountable and participatory. With more than 40 of the OGP’s 55 members having submitted their action plans,Global Integrity has analyzed to what extent they are specific, measurable, actionable, relevant and time-bound. Overall, their assessment shows that there is cause for optimism, with nearly 70 percent of the submitted action plans meet at least four out of the five criteria.
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Developing an NGO corruption risk management system: Considerations for donors
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Programmatic approaches to address corruption in the construction sector
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Interview with Steve Berkman, author of World Bank and the Gods of Lending,
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Author:
Steve Berkman
Release date:
January 2008
The World Bank and the Gods of Lending
In his book The World Bank and the Gods of Lending, author Steve Berkman finds nothing but mismanagement and hypocrisy: decades of assistance without any significant improvement in the lives of the poor; billions loaned for improving governance, health care and education with little to show for it; and donor funds given to dysfunctional government institutions or officials with a history of looting national treasuries. For a discussion on his findings, please see Global Development: Views from the Centre blog.
Author:
Olander, S. (ed.) Sjölander, S., Hedvall, F., Salomonsson, C. and Andersson, G.
Release date:
April 2007
Public Finance Management in Development Co-operation – A Handbook for Sida Staff
This handbook supports the everyday management of development cooperation in dealing with issues related to public finance management (PFM), showing how PFM affects development cooperation. The handbook, amongst other things, looks at how weak PFM systems constitute constraints to efforts to reduce poverty; addressing PFM weaknesses while developing the capacity of the systems; the assessment of PFM in partner countries including choice of appropriate financing modalities and other strategic questions where the status of PFM matters; and implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, particularly as regards alignment with national systems. As part of this overview, the handbook also addresses the issue of corruption.
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