Curbing corruption in aid

Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett and Riccardo D’Emidio

Chapter 8 in Handbook of Aid and Development, 2024, pp 127-142 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis saw aid increase to an all-time high, but also revealed many ways in which COVID-19 related spending was subject to egregious corruption. The crisis highlighted the bind that donors find themselves in as they balance the urgency of meeting beneficiary needs in contexts where the risks of corruption are high and it is difficult to assess the trustworthiness of local partners against obligations to ensure that funds are spent in a controlled way. This chapter reviews the literature on how the provision of aid and the conditions in which it is provided affects the opportunities and incentives for corruption among key political and economic actors. It then describes how international aid changed during the pandemic, and analyses the corruption risks that were generated or exacerbated during this period. Finally, it analyses donor practices and efforts to mitigate corruption risks in aid spending.

Keywords: Development Studies; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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