What happens when the funding ends?
Without deliberate attention to sustainability from the outset, even strong technical interventions remain externally dependent and struggle to outlast donor funding.
Lina Lozano
Sep 216 min read
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Strategic Corruption as a Threat to Security and the New Agenda for Anti-Corruption
Oksana Huss and Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez on how Russia weaponizes strategic corruption - and what’s at stake for our human security and rights
Oksana Huss, Bologna University
Mar 16, 20229 min read
From Talk to Action: 5 changes that I hope result from the USG’s prioritizing anti-corruption
Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church on why her recent State Department discussions gave her hope—and how we advance the global anti-corruption fight
Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church - CJL
Mar 2, 20226 min read
Endangering the Peace – The Danger of Persistent Corruption in Post-Accord States
What happens to corruption when civil war ends? Daniel Friedman examines the risks corruption poses to securing peace.
Daniel Friedman
Feb 17, 20225 min read
The Corruption Trip Cord: CJL’s Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church on M&E and Social Norms
What I learned from my interview with Cheyanne on why she works on corruption and the necessity for M&E of social norms.
Alex Ralph, CJL
Feb 3, 20229 min read
Zero Tolerance for “Zero Tolerance”
We know zero-tolerance policies sound good but don’t work. Instead, Michael Johnston offers a better anti-corruption approach.
Michael Johnston, Colgate University
Jan 19, 20227 min read
Best of 2021
Our top five posts from 2021.
Alex Ralph, CJL
Jan 7, 20224 min read
The Limits of the Rule of Law to Address Systemic Corruption
To José Ignacio Hernández, calls to fight Venezuelan corruption through reinstating the rule of law are fool’s gold.
José Ignacio Hernández, Harvard Kennedy School
Nov 3, 20215 min read
Don't Fight Corruption - Fight for Justice
Anti-corruption goals of stability and consensus can perpetuate inequality for the poor and marginalized. Alternative? Focused Contention.
Michael Johnston, Colgate University (Emeritus)
Sep 29, 20216 min read
Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption in SSR
Julien Joly sets out his thoughts on what an approach to mainstreaming anti-corruption in security sector reforms could look like.
Julien Joly, Transparency International
Jul 21, 20217 min read
Three Things Peacebuilders Should Read About Anti-corruption and Conflict
In this post, Rosemary Ventura introduces three essential articles on anti-corruption in conflict contexts.
Rosemary Ventura, CJL
Jun 27, 20216 min read
Peacebuilding & Corruption: Look through an Anti-Corruption lens toward Security Sector Reform
By Julien Joly Corruption, conflict and instability are profoundly intertwined. It has been shown time and again that corruption not only...
Julien Joly, Transparency International
Mar 1, 20215 min read
Broad Anti-Corruption Programs Are the Wrong Approach
By Mark Pyman The Corruption in Fragile States Blog welcomes back Mark Pyman, founder of the sector-based corruption reform website...
Mark Pyman, Anti-Corruption Committee (Afghanistan)
Apr 29, 20195 min read
Three Reasons Why Actors in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States Must Stop Ignoring Social Norms
By Diana Chigas and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church As OECD Knowledge Partners, we originally presented these ideas at the 2019 OECD Integrity...
Diana Chigas, CJL
Apr 1, 20196 min read
Why We Need to Connect Peacebuilding and Illicit Financial Flows: A Global Approach
By James Cohen In the spring of 2016, while working at the US Institute of Peace, I was part of a well-attended meeting to discuss...
James Cohen, Transparency International Canada
Sep 18, 20186 min read
Corruption That Kills: How Corruption is Undermining Peace and Democracy in Mexico
By Talia Hagerty and Carlos Juárez Cruz Mexico is about to face the biggest test to peace and democracy it has seen in decades – and...
Carlos Juárez Cruz, Institute for Economics & Peace
Jun 20, 20186 min read
Towards a Corruption-Sensitive Conflict Analysis
By Michelle Garred In this blog post, Michelle Garred, conflict sensitivity practitioner for 15 years, challenges herself to rethink her...
Michelle Garred, CDA
Dec 12, 20175 min read
International community’s police reform efforts in CAR: Making it worse?
In the Central African Republic, now is the time to integrate anti-corruption into police, justice and corrections reform programming.
Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church - CJL
Oct 18, 20176 min read
How the Séléka/Anti-Balaka Crisis is Gas on the Fire of Corruption in the Central African Republic
By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church In this post Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church shares findings from our new research examining corruption in the...
Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church - CJL
Oct 9, 20176 min read
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