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      • Global finance and the enablers of corruption
        • Corruption in Paradise: An ecology of money laundering through real estate in the touristic Global South
        • Identifying Enabler Networks and Their Vulnerabilities
        • Anti-Money Laundering & Banking/Reputation
        • Gatekeepers, Enablers or Technicians: The Contested Interpretation of Lawyers as Facilitators of Kleptocracy and Grand Corruption
        • Does transparency bring cleanliness? Offshore financial secrecy reform and corruption control
        • Beneficial Ownership – Nigeria
      • Crisis responses and corruption in vunerable sectors
        • Addressing Corruption in the Crisis Response of the Malawian Health System
        • ‘Windows’ of Corruption in Uganda
        • Political Connections in Public Procurement During Crises
      • Corruption risks in global trade and commerce
        • Illicit Cross-Border Trade and Money Laundering from the Congo
        • Trading in Voluntary Carbon Markets
        • International Deal-Making
        • Regulating Cross-Border Trading – East Africa
      • State capture
        • Building Resilience to State Capture
        • Engaging the Public to Fight State Capture
        • Illicit Financial Flows as Enablers and Drivers of State Capture
      • Sectors and Institutions
        • Effective Law Enforcement – Nigeria & Malawi
        • Social Norms & Behaviors & Health – Tanzania
        • Preventing Medical Theft – Malawi
        • Curbing corruption in procurement
      • Integrity systems
        • Cities of Integrity: Zambia and South Africa
        • Advancing Integrity – Uganda
        • Harnessing Informality – East & Central Africa & Kyrgyzstan
        • Leveraging Social Audits – India
        • Integrity & Civil Servants – Nepal & Bangladesh
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  • About
  • Our work
    • Research themes
      • Global finance and the enablers of corruption
        • Corruption in Paradise: An ecology of money laundering through real estate in the touristic Global South
        • Identifying Enabler Networks and Their Vulnerabilities
        • Anti-Money Laundering & Banking/Reputation
        • Gatekeepers, Enablers or Technicians: The Contested Interpretation of Lawyers as Facilitators of Kleptocracy and Grand Corruption
        • Does transparency bring cleanliness? Offshore financial secrecy reform and corruption control
        • Beneficial Ownership – Nigeria
      • Crisis responses and corruption in vunerable sectors
        • Addressing Corruption in the Crisis Response of the Malawian Health System
        • ‘Windows’ of Corruption in Uganda
        • Political Connections in Public Procurement During Crises
      • Corruption risks in global trade and commerce
        • Illicit Cross-Border Trade and Money Laundering from the Congo
        • Trading in Voluntary Carbon Markets
        • International Deal-Making
        • Regulating Cross-Border Trading – East Africa
      • State capture
        • Building Resilience to State Capture
        • Engaging the Public to Fight State Capture
        • Illicit Financial Flows as Enablers and Drivers of State Capture
      • Sectors and Institutions
        • Effective Law Enforcement – Nigeria & Malawi
        • Social Norms & Behaviors & Health – Tanzania
        • Preventing Medical Theft – Malawi
        • Curbing corruption in procurement
      • Integrity systems
        • Cities of Integrity: Zambia and South Africa
        • Advancing Integrity – Uganda
        • Harnessing Informality – East & Central Africa & Kyrgyzstan
        • Leveraging Social Audits – India
        • Integrity & Civil Servants – Nepal & Bangladesh
    • Fellowship
    • Rethinking Anti-Corruption
    • From Research to Practice
  • Resources
    • Publications
    • Blogs
    • Newsletter
    • Multimedia
    • Digital Library
  • News & events
    • GI ACE in the news
    • Seminars/events
  • Contact

COVID-19 Impacts Cross Border Traders in East Africa

Klopp, Subnational & SectoralBy GI ACE03/06/2020Leave a comment

GI ACE researchers Jacqueline Klopp, Alissa Krueger, and Melissa Trimble highlight the implications of COVID-19 on small scale cross-border trading in Kenya and Uganda.

woman sitting on porch with trade goods image courtesy of Sauti Africa

Barriers for small-scale traders in Kenya: Exploring women’s challenges on International Women’s Day

Klopp, Subnational & SectoralBy GI ACE08/03/20203 Comments

GI-ACE researchers explore the multitude of ways traders interpret bribery on East African borders. Especially for small-scale traders with perishable goods, the cost and time involved drive traders to seek out shortcuts.

East African traders using mobile app

From whistleblowing to community monitoring on East African borders

Klopp, Subnational & SectoralBy GI ACE27/11/20191 Comment

GI-ACE researchers explore the multitude of ways traders interpret bribery on East African borders. Especially for small-scale traders with perishable goods, the cost and time involved drive traders to seek out shortcuts.

woman in African market

Realising the dream of Pan-African trade: Giving women voice in improving borders

Klopp, Subnational & SectoralBy GI ACE12/06/2019Leave a comment

GI-ACE research Jacqueline Klopp explores the wider transformation needed for more seamless and integrated borders to become a Pan-African reality, rather than simply a dream.

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GI ACE is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and UK International Development. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the UK Government’s official policies.

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