Supporting Anti-Corruption Reform in Partner Countries: Concepts, Tools and Areas for Action (Summary) more

Corruption serves as a major impediment to development. Resources intended to address the basic development needs
of millions of poor people around the world are diverted and misallocated through various forms of corrupt practices.
donors are becoming increasingly aware of the relationship between corruption and development and taking measures
to mitigate these effects.

This concept paper emphasises that a shared consensus between partner countries, policy-makers and academics is
critical. donors should situate themselves in a position from which they are able to provide the necessary analysis and
support required by partner countries in their own anti-corruption efforts.

The main objective of this paper is to provide insights into the current thinking on anti-corruption in developing countries
in order to enable the EU staff (at the Commission, EEaS and in EU delegations) :

• acquire useful tools to analyse corruption in a given local setting;
• Become better equipped to support the implementation of anti-corruption strategies and policies; and
• to better identify relevant anti-corruption measures so as to improve the mainstreaming of anti-corruption in European
Commission development assistance.