Authors: Matthew Page
This brief highlights key takeaways and recommendations published in the report ‘Innovative or Ineffective? Reassessing Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement in Nigeria’ (2021) GI-ACE Working Paper No. 9 by Matthew Page (Chatham House) 1. It is one of two country case studies of the project ‘Fighting high-level corruption in Africa: Learning from effective law enforcement’ funded by the Global Integrity-FCDO Anti-Corruption Evidence Program (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.