THE CORRUPTION IN
FRAGILE STATES BLOG

Political will is widely heralded as the spark behind the success of a successful anti-corruption project. Yet it is difficult to ignite and even harder to retain. Might South Africa be offering us a rare success story…

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.

Martina Boguslavets offers a ground-level view of ongoing Ukrainian anti-corruption reforms plus essential reforms for reconstruction.

How should anti-corruption programs address police corruption? Riccardo D’Emidio calls for rethinking individual deterrence and punishment.

By Dhaval Kothari Since I started working with the Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Program (CJL), I have learned that it is not easy...

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 Understanding success isn’t easy at the best of times in complex environments. But when change is achieved...

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 Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church In this post Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church shares findings on how: (1) Acts of jealousy and revenge fuel the...

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

By Juliet Hatanga In this post, Juliet Harty Hatanga, who has ten years of experience working with the Courts of Judicature of Uganda,...

By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church Use the systems maps below to follow the police and judicial officers’ experience of corruption in the...