Authors: Claudia Baez Camargo and Nikos Passas
Despite very substantial investments in anti-corruption, progress is frustratingly limited and in some cases insignificant. The resources devoted to the issue in the last fifteen years have been sizable, stemming from intense activity on the part of multilateral organisations, bilateral donors and private companies across numerous countries. These efforts have focused for the most part on ensuring the implementation of the OECD and UN conventions as well as regional instruments, building capacity, providing technical assistance and offering educational programs – to the point one can speak of the emergence of a veritable “anti-corruption industry”. Given that the anti-corruption agenda is frequently and correctly linked to those of rule of law, good governance and sustainable development, the funds and human capital applied to this issue are even more significant.
