Research Projects

GI ACE supports learning, communications, and engagement across all of our projects, and between researchers and practitioners around the world. The GI ACE research programme produces outstanding research that assists decision-makers addressing real-world corruption problems.

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Day 1

From Research to Practice: The Journey of GI ACE On the inaugural day of the conference, research projects came together to present findings from three years of research, with the…

Can positive public recognition lead to good governance?

This project works from the theory that fostering collective pride in good governance and providing a positive recognition for local leaders who forego corruption will decrease corruption in a national park revenue-sharing programme in western Uganda.

Can positive public recognition lead to good governance?

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International Deal-Making, Beliefs, and Local Social Norms

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Civil service reform and anti-corruption: does ethics training reduce corruption in the civil service?

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Detecting and deterring medication theft: a field study in health clinics in Malawi

Addressing bribery in the Tanzanian health sector: A behavioural approach

Harnessing informality: designing anti-corruption network interventions and strategic use of legal instruments

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Fighting high-level corruption in Africa: learning from effective law enforcement

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Cities of integrity: Urban planning and corruption in Africa

International Architecture

Corruption Risks in Global Trade and Commerce

This project investigates corruption in the commodity trading sector, focusing on on three emerging developments in the industry, through which both long-standing corruption trends and new risks and opportunities can be examined: food insecurity, the climate transition, and the rise of blockchain.

Using the Red Flags tool to curb corruption in procurement

International Deal-Making, Beliefs, and Local Social Norms

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Testing and Evidencing Compliance with Beneficial Ownership Checks

Does transparency bring cleanliness? Offshore financial secrecy reform and corruption control

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Hiding the beneficial owner and the proceeds of corruption

Curbing corruption in procurement and using the red flags approach

Subnational & Sectoral

Centralised versus decentralised monitoring to reduce corruption: insights from comparisons across Indian state

Most countries have different agencies performing top-down audits and social audits. This project investigates the interaction between different types of audits and the effects on service delivery, using evidence on leakages in two major public works programmes across states in India.

Resisting State Capture from the Grassroots: Civil Society Efforts and Public Perceptions

Gatekeepers, Enablers or Technicians: The Contested Interpretation of Lawyers as Facilitators of Kleptocracy and Grand Corruption

GI ACE supports learning, communications, and engagement across all of our projects, and between researchers and practitioners around the world. The GI ACE research programme produces outstanding research that assists decision-makers addressing real-world corruption problems.

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Integrity Systems

Can positive public recognition lead to good governance?

Can positive public recognition lead to good governance?

International Deal-Making, Beliefs, and Local Social Norms

Civil service reform and anti-corruption: does ethics training reduce corruption in the civil service?

Detecting and deterring medication theft: a field study in health clinics in Malawi

Addressing bribery in the Tanzanian health sector: A behavioural approach

Harnessing informality: designing anti-corruption network interventions and strategic use of legal instruments

Fighting high-level corruption in Africa: learning from effective law enforcement

Cities of integrity: Urban planning and corruption in Africa

International Architecture

Corruption Risks in Global Trade and Commerce

Using the Red Flags tool to curb corruption in procurement

International Deal-Making, Beliefs, and Local Social Norms

Testing and Evidencing Compliance with Beneficial Ownership Checks

Does transparency bring cleanliness? Offshore financial secrecy reform and corruption control

Hiding the beneficial owner and the proceeds of corruption

Curbing corruption in procurement and using the red flags approach

Subnational & Sectoral

Centralised versus decentralised monitoring to reduce corruption: insights from comparisons across Indian state

Resisting State Capture from the Grassroots: Civil Society Efforts and Public Perceptions

Gatekeepers, Enablers or Technicians: The Contested Interpretation of Lawyers as Facilitators of Kleptocracy and Grand Corruption

Building Resilience to State Capture

GI ACE Phase 2 Projects

The Corrupting Effect of Political Connections in Public Procurement through Crises

Interrogating Corruption Risk in the Climate Transition: Trading in Voluntary Carbon Markets

Lessons for Combating Illicit Cross-Border Trade and Money Laundering from the Congo

Corruption in Paradise: An ecology of money laundering through real estate in the touristic Global South

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