Reports and articles
Time for Change: The Normalization of Corruption and Diversion in the Humanitarian Sector
Although the aid sector often treats corruption and diversion as an anomaly, they are pervasive, systemic and often unwittingly perpetuated by standard aid sector practices. Drawing primarily on evidence from Somalia and Afghanistan (with reference to other contexts), this paper explores the specific aid practices that enable and perpetuate corruption and diversion, and what donors and implementers should be doing differently.
Understanding Agency in Civilian-Armed Group Interactions
This joint paper with ODI explores what we know (and what we don’t) about how ordinary people engage with armed groups.