Curbing Corruption Journal records progress made against corruption – practical, reflective, theoretical, even anecdotal. We encourage readers – whether politicians, officials, company executives, activists, researchers, students or citizens – to submit their own contributions to increase global knowledge of tackling corruption.
The Sector Focus and Reformulation Approach (SFRA): Enabling politicians, leaders and managers to formulate practical strategies for corruption reduction
Rethinking corruption reform: Strategy, Scale and Substance
Paul Heywood and Mark Pyman, December 2020
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Tackling defence corruption with a ‘whole sector’ approach; a history of TI’s efforts; Working paper
Mark Pyman. December 2020
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Increasing the impact of an anti-corruption website through social media: a practical experiment
Paul Heywood, Siddharth Chaudhari, Jen Kartner, Faith Muniale, Denisse Rodriguez, Sigrid Vasconez and Mark Pyman. July 2020
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Progress in Local Government reform in Myanmar
Heesu Chung, 2019
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New horizons in anti-corruption; sector-specific corrruption prevention
Mark Pyman, October 2019
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Loud thunder with tiny raindrops? A literature review of China’s anticorruption measures
Leung Cheuk Ki, July 2019
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The effectiveness of police ‘internal affairs departments’ in limiting corruption in police services – a literature review
Wilf Dunne
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Corruption in Iran. Experience, perception, and reform efforts – A literature review
Bennett, H and Pyman, M.
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Pyman, M, Eastwood S, Hungerford J and Elliott J.Analysing the anti-corruption approaches of the 26 top-ranked countries: an opportunity for a new generation of strategies
In this analysis, we extended our initial work (see Ref below) to cover the anti-corruption approaches of countries ranked at the top of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2016. The 26 countries we have reviewed, in rank order, are: Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Singapore, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, UK, Australia, Iceland, Belgium, Hong Kong, Austria, USA, Ireland, Japan, Uruguay, Estonia, France, Bahamas, Chile and United Arab Emirates. What we found was, at first sight, unexpected. Only three of the 26 countries have published national anti-corruption strategies; Estonia in 2013, Finland in March 2017 and the UK in December 2017. We found that the more recent Finnish and UK strategies have more of a focus on international anti-corruption efforts, reflecting how much international anti- corruption has advanced in the last five years. The UK strategy was notably comprehensive, being more specific on what the strategy was designed to achieve – namely to reduce corruption risks to national security, to raise trust in UK institutions, and to help economic prosperity. It also highlighted anti-corruption initiatives in high-risk sectors, notably borders, prisons, police and defence. In relation to the other 23 countries, we could find no demonstrable reason for the lack of formal strategies. (Report published by the Institute of Statecraft and Norton Rose Fulbright)
We have analysed the substance of a broad range of national anti-corruption strategies. Our purpose in doing so has been to extract lessons and insights, as best we can, that can guide leaders responsible for developing their own national strategies into making better plans. The report illustrates its findings with multiple examples from the country strategies. A significant number of country strategies were deficient in one or more serious respects: lack of diagnosis and situational analysis; Poorly thought-through strategy and reform measures; Little attention to leading and effecting change; Few strategies are explicit about political leadership; Need to support committed individuals; Unclear coordination and implementation;
