Advancing Human Security
In this post, Roberto Laver sets out his thoughts on the potential role of faith leaders and communities in fighting corruption and building a culture of public integrity and ethical universalism.
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In this post, Julien Joly sets out his thoughts on the need to mainstream anti-corruption in security sector reforms to improve the impact of peacebuilding initiatives.
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In this post, our co-director Diana Chigas sets out her thoughts on why the anti-corruption and peacebuilding fields need to intersect and some key questions that need a deep-dive.
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CJL Program Co-Director Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church reflects on the personal and professional risks that inhibit civil servants in the Ugandan context from implementing the 2009 Anti-Corruption Act.
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Research Assistant Malavika Krishnan recaps the top five most read posts on the Corruption in Fragile States Blog in 2020. Read more to see which posts caught our readers’ eyes!
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In this post, we spoke to Cheri-Leigh Erasmus, the Global Learning Director of Accountability Lab to know more about how Accountability Lab has reacted to the number of challenges thrown at them by the pandemic and how their anti-corruption/accountability programming has adapted to it.
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What role do social norms play in interactions between civil servants when it comes to administrative sanctions? Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church explores this question, based on a participatory systems analysis of Ugandan civil servants (commissioned by SUGAR).
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In this post, Alexandra De Filippo and Humma Sheikh talk about how practitioners can make edutainment effective to change corrupt behaviors with underlying complex motivations. The post throws light on a three step based approach based on behavioral science to develop effective communication content aimed at shifting behaviors.
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Research Associate Cori Simmons curates a list of key resources exploring the role of social norms among public authorities. We know that public authorities, like anyone else, are influenced by pressures and expectations – but if it’s your boss pressuring you, can we call that a social norm? Read more for what the literature has to say on this.
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In this post, Dhaval Kothari provides a curated list of published literature which will give you an insight into different M&E tools and methods adopted in various projects focusing on social norms change. This list is intended to help practitioners and organizations use the existing wisdom as a starting point to formulate their respective M&E frameworks for social norms change.
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