Anti-Corruption
Corruption control has emerged as a critical challenge facing policymakers, especially in low-income or post-conflict contexts. Corruption systemically cripples service delivery, diverts resources from intended uses, inconveniences citizens, and undermines country confidence.
Institutional responses to corruption have varied widely. Some ISS cases and interviews focus on corruption prevention, including codes of conduct, new ethics or conflict-of-interest rules, and procurement reform. Others cover the establishment of specialized anti-corruption agencies, often called “anti-corruption commissions," the challenges leaders encountered, and strategies they used to build support.
Latest Publications
- Toothless but Forceful: Slovenia's Anti-Corruption Watchdog Exposes Systemic Graft, 2004-2013new
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption, Getting the News Out/Managing Expectations
Country: Slovenia
- Cleaning House: Croatia Mops Up High-Level Corruption, 2005-2012
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption
Country: Croatia
- Balancing Responsibilities: Evolution of Lithuania's Anti-Corruption Agency, 1997-2007
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption, Countering Criminal Economies
Country: Lithuania
- Blowing the Whistle on the Pay-to-Play Game: Campaign Financing Reform in New Jersey, 1998-2012
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption, Containing Patronage Pressures
Country: United States
- Surmounting State Capture: Latvia's Anti-Corruption Agency Spurs Reforms, 2002 - 2011
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption, Building a Reform Team and Staff
Country: Latvia
Latest Interviews
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Johnson-Allison (formerly Johnson-Morris), Francesnew
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption, Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Liberia
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Hardjapamekas, Erry Riyana
Focus Area: Anti-Corruption
Country: Indonesia
