

Lara Olson, CJL
- May 26
- 8 min
Does Anti-Corruption Do No Harm?
To do good without doing harm: Lara Olson calls for anti-corruption programs to embrace conflict sensitivity.
Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy (CJL) is a research-to-practice initiative committed to improving the effectiveness of anti-corruption programming in contexts of endemic corruption. We engage with practitioners, policymakers and academics across sectors and regions with the goal of unlocking the barriers to effective and durable development caused by corrupt patterns of behavior.
The relationship between social norms and corruption can feel overwhelming when first starting out. To simplify the process, we’ve created a clickable, linked roadmap to guide you on your social norms learning journey. Not your first time reading about social norms? This resource can swiftly direct you to further learning.
The Social Norms and Corruption Project aims to shift social norms from the periphery to a central component of corruption analysis and anti-corruption strategy.
The Corruption as a System Project offers technical assistance to implementers and donors as they integrate corruption analysis into their program development or evaluation process.
The Corruption and Peacebuilding project seeks to incorporate anti-corruption into peacebuilding programs and vice versa, ultimately leveraging these approaches for greater effectiveness.