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Auditing and controls are essential parts of public financial management. Supreme Audit Institutions play a visible role, and support to strengthen these institutions has amplified. These institutions can be subject to political interference, politicisation, and wing-clipping.

I’ve noticed three loose ‘tribes’ emerging in the anti-corruption community over the past 20 years. It is a good thing to acknowledge our varied aims and assumptions, and appreciate how we complement one another.

A personal perspective on how I frame ‘anti-corruption’ in my own mind.

In 2022, U4 reached its 20th birthday – but we were too busy for festivities. World events, and requests for urgent support, meant that our celebration had to be postponed.

Bad politics and corruption are ideally addressed together. Doing so is not expensive compared to the budgets wasted if these problems go unchecked.

The Migration Research ‘comic-con’ was held at the UK's Royal Geographical Society to showcase research-based comics and graphic novels – and to help others to get creative in research and policy communication.

Value chain analysis is a useful way to map corruption risks at sector level. However, to gain meaningful insights, it is necessary to conduct bespoke appraisals.