Corruption

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POLICY PAPERS
Global Health, Aid and Corruption: Can We Escape the Scandal Cycle?
June 08, 2016
Global health action has been remarkably successful at saving lives and preventing illness in many of the world’s poorest countries. This is a key reason that funding for global health initiatives has increased in the last twenty years. Nevertheless, financial support is periodically jeopardiz...
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"The Worst Aid Project in the World:" EU Support for Detention Camps in Sudan
June 07, 2016
More than a million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, with thousands dying in the attempt to cross by sea. EU development policy has swung into action, in an attempt to address the “root causes” of the movement of people. But this rapid reaction has led to some poor decisi...
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Huge Progress on Open Contracting in London
May 13, 2016
Owen and I had six wishes for the recent UK government anti-corruption conference in London. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but there are two things we’re happy about. 
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Nigeria Lifts Fuel Subsidies, but Misses the Chance to Follow India into the Future
May 12, 2016
After several starts and stops, the Nigerian government has finally removed fuel subsidies, resulting in an overnight price hike of 67 percent. The economic logic of subsidy reform is clear. What’s notable, and potentially problematic, is that the government is planning to use a...
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What We’d Like to Happen at the UK Government’s Anti-Corruption Summit
May 10, 2016
“For too long there has been a taboo about tackling [corruption] head on. The summit will change that.” That, at least, is the optimistic pronouncement from the leader of Her Majesty’s Government ahead of the UK anti-corruption summit in London this week.
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Comment, Please on a Draft Book on Aid, Donors, and Corruption
April 25, 2016
Donors frequently suggest corruption is the biggest obstacle to development and aid effectiveness, and that they can accurately measure corruption risk while protecting their projects from it at a reasonable cost.  It isn’t and they can’t.  Below, a brief synopsis.
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Sometimes, the Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money Laundering Policies Are…Well…Funny! Other Times, Not So Much.
April 15, 2016
Venmo is simply trying to comply with current anti-money laundering policies...