| Preventing corruption in humanitarian assistance: perceptions, gaps and challenges. | |
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PMID: 21623891 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Corruption is a threat to the purpose of humanitarian assistance. Until fairly recently, humanitarian assistance has not been considered an important arena in broader efforts aimed at curbing corruption, and corruption has not always been considered a particularly important concern for humanitarian assistance despite the obviously challenging nature of the context of humanitarian emergencies. Corruption, though, is a threat to humanitarian action because it can prevent assistance from getting to the people who most need it, and because it can potentially undermine public support for such assistance. This paper examines perceptions of corruption and its affects, documents best practices, and outlines gaps in understanding. It suggests recommendations for improving the capacity of humanitarian agencies to prevent and manage the risk of corruption. Agencies have taken steps to combat corruption and improve accountability-downwards and upwards-but scope remains for improvement and for greater sharing of learning and good practice. |
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Daniel Maxwell; Sarah Bailey; Paul Harvey; Peter Walker; Cheyanne Sharbatke-Church; Kevin Savage |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-31 |
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Title: Disasters Volume: - ISSN: 1467-7717 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7702072 Medline TA: Disasters Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2011. |
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Associate Professor and Research Director at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, United States Research Officer at the Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom Independent Consultant at Humanitarian Outcomes, United Kingdom (formerly a Research Fellow at the Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom) Director of the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, United States Assistant Professor at the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, United States Member of staff of World Vision International, Switzerland (formerly a Research Officer at the Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom). |
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