Authors: Gerhard Anders
This brief highlights key takeaways and recommendations published in the report ‘Law Enforcement and High- level Corruption in Malawi: Learning from Cashgate’ (2021) GI-ACE Working Paper No. 8 by Dr Gerhard Anders (University of Edinburgh).1 It is one of two country case studies of the project ‘Fighting high-level corruption in Africa: Learning from effective law enforcement’, which is part of the FCDO- funded Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE) (2019-21). The research project is the first systematic study of law enforcement efforts targeting high-level (grand) corruption in Africa, presenting case studies of Nigeria and Malawi. It aims at identifying both enabling and constraining factors for effective law enforcement. The focus on the specifics of enforcement practice is new and provides evidence that has been missing in anti-corruption research.