Development cooperation

Climate finance is funding our energy transition to net zero. But the increased funds are attracting corruption to climate mitigation projects. Anti-corruption professionals and climate activists must work together to make sure that programmes funded by climate finance succeed.

Much of the international aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction flows through the Multi-Agency Donor Coordination Platform (DCP). We outline four principles that DCP donors should follow to enhance corruption risk management approaches.

Anti-corruption games provide opportunities to raise awareness and refine skills for addressing corruption-related issues. Here, we take a look at how games can be used for serious purposes, how we developed our simulation, and how you can develop your own.

Corruption risk management has not been the ‘cure-all’ for corruption that many hoped for. However, combined with integrity management approaches, it can have enormous benefits for the aid sector.

Techno-optimism has grown in the past 20 years, and technology will certainly be used to solve even more corruption issues over the coming 20. However, it needs to be used with care and consideration to avoid unintended consequences.

Enthusiasm for anti-corruption at the start of any reconstruction effort can slide into chaos and apathy in time. But this is not inevitable. Here we present five important ways to build in boldness.