Making Anti-Corruption Effective
Investigate the challenges in fighting corruption and learn to develop effective anti-corruption strategies with this course from SOAS University of London.
Who is the course for?
This course has been designed for anyone interested in learning more about corruption and how to create anti-corruption strategies.
It will be of specific interest to development practitioners and policymakers, helping to design and generate evidence for effective anti-corruption policies.
What topics will you cover?
Corruption and its effects: theory and evidence
The drivers of different types of corruption
The logic underpinning standard anti-corruption strategies based on transparency and accountability
The evidence of their limited success and an explanation
An alternative research and policy framework for feasible anti-corruption strategies based on finding solutions where enforcement is supported by the self-interest of directly affected actors who are sufficiently powerful
Evidence-based examples of the new approach and how research and policy can use this framework to make anti-corruption more effective.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of corruption and the social and economic consequences of corruption
Evaluate different types of anti-corruption strategies and why many of them fail
Explore the concepts of rents and political settlement analysis
Produce an effective sectoral anti-corruption strategy grounded in an analysis of feasibility and impact
