THE CORRUPTION IN
FRAGILE STATES BLOG

Donor decisions made without attention to conflict dynamics or internal vulnerabilities can deepen corruption risks.

The conceptual understanding of endemic corruption as a collective action problem does not mean the field has mastered how to pursue collective action as an effective strategy for change.

The United States is facing an emerging corruption problem that so far has drawn relatively little notice. Relying primarily upon federal prosecutors to check state and local corruption has always been a questionable strategy, and it is now about to become even less of a deterrent.

We must not ignore the nexus between the state and the politically well-connected lobbies in business.

Systems mapping and stakeholder analysis are two excellent tools for corruption analysis.

Strategic Corruption must become part of the anti-corruption lexicon.

Conflict sensitivity in AC programs: why standard approaches might not be enough.

Drawing on invaluable lessons learnt, CJL’s Co-Director offers some useful Do’s and Don’ts for identifying social norms.

For AC practitioners, systems mapping is essential but also difficult. To lessen obstacles, Peter Woodrow proposes a scaffolded approach.

Assumptions matter: Scharbatke-Church and Chigas offer eight key don’ts to improve anti-corruption programming in FCAS.

Our editor chooses the top five posts of 2022.

Though intersectionality of social norms remains a black box, CJL’s co-directors suggest that programming may need to reckon with it.

One-off, pattern, or corrupted system: Scharbatke-Church and Nash provide tips on how to unpack corruption to aid social norms programming.

While consensus exists that stakeholder analysis is essential for any anti-corruption practice, we’re still missing a sound, usable process.

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

By Dhaval Kothari, Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Program We have spent the past several months deciphering how social norms can most...

By Cori Simmons In peacebuilding or development, practitioners and scholars alike hear an all-too-common (but important!) refrain:...

By Diana Chigas and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church One of the consistent challenges that we have experienced when first introducing the topic...