Published: March, 2022
Much of the existing research on corruption does not focus on real-world problems, engage sufficiently with the power dynamics and incentives that underpin corrupt activity, or communicate findings in ways that are useful for anti-corruption practitioners. More broadly, too much research is focused on describing or analysing corruption, without testing effective mechanisms to do
something about it.
To help address some of the factors that underpin this problem, the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) Research Programme commissioned a series of research projects focused on developing anti-corruption interventions that, if applied within context-specific and politically feasible settings, may result in practical reforms and improved policy prescriptions
