THE CORRUPTION IN
FRAGILE STATES BLOG

Bo Rothstein asks why so many anti-corruption programs have failed. His answer? Misapplied theory, poor conceptualization, and misdiagnosis.

By Rosemary Lark, Practice Fellow, CJL Stakeholders wield formal and informal power and influence that can importantly impact reform. ...

By Jared Miller, CJL The most worrying parts of the 2020 election to me have not been the seemingly daily bombshells reported in the...

By Kim Wilson As part of the Journeys Project, I, with teams of Fletcher students, have explored the financial journey of refugees. We...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church Visualize this: you walk into a meeting in a government ministry office and one of the officials is wearing...

By Jane Ellis This post is based on the book Corruption, Social Sciences and the Law: Exploration Across the Disciplines. Edited by Jane...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church and Diana Chigas Did you know … … that social norms can act as the brake to sustainable behavior change? … that social norms eat attitudes for breakfast? … that social norms are not just an expression? … that there is a body of research around how social norms influence behavior? Do you know why you – an anti-corruption or integrity practitioner/policy maker – should care? In 2013 we didn’t know the answer to any of these questions – but we do

By Diana Chigas and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church We were asked to identify the top challenges and “good practices” for developing countries...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church When operating in fragile states, donors and implementers working in the police, justice and corrections...

By Kiely Barnard-Webster and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church With every experimental action, there needs to be feedback (informal and formal monitoring and evaluation), reflection and adaptation. Kuleta Haki, an experiment in collective corruption resistance in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), offered a unique opportunity to learn about systemic corruption in the criminal justice sector (CJS), and the possibilities of collective action as an effective response. The recent Exter

By Kiely Barnard-Webster The central contribution of the Network [for its members] is that members no longer feel alone in the fight against corruption during their individual actions of resistance. – Kuleta Haki Transition Review, December 2017 Is collective action effective for fighting corruption in fragile states? For one collective action effort, members now prefer to resist with a group behind them. Kuleta Haki, an experimental anti-corruption project, celebrated

By Michelle Garred In this blog post, Michelle Garred, conflict sensitivity practitioner for 15 years, challenges herself to rethink her...

By Gabin Bady Kabuya and Florence Liégeois Resisting corruption is not easy, not even when supported by a collective effort. The Kuleta...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church In this post Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church shares findings from our new research examining corruption in the...

By Sandra Sjogren and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church In this post, Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church and Sandra Sjogren reflect on their experience...

By Sandra Sjögren and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church In this post, Sandra Sjögren and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church discuss why they chose to...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church, Jasmine Walovitch and Kiely Barnard-Webster If you are looking for an alternative way to share your...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church In this blog post we share a new video we created to reach those who are too busy to question the...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church and Russell Hathaway In this post Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church and Russell Hathaway begin their deep dive...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church L’évaluation mi-parcours est disponible en version française. Veuillez trouver cette publication, « La...