Concept Paper Nr. 2: Supporting Anti-Corruption Reform in Partner Countries - Concepts, Tools and Areas for Action (SUMMARY)

This document has been prepared by the University of Birmingham, the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) and theIDLgroup (Heather Marquette, Rachel Flanary, Sumedh Rao and Dominic Morris) within the Aid Delivery Methods Programme of the European Commission.

The process has been coordinated by Governance, Democracy, Gender and Human Rights Unit within EuropeAid (before reorganisation by Governance, Security, Human Rights and Gender Unit.

The main objective of this paper is to provide relevant insights on the current thinking on and around anti-corruption in developing countries in order to enable the EU staff (relevant staff at the Commission, EEAS and in EU Delegations) to achieve the following:

• 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
• Better identify relevant anti-corruption measures so as to better mainstreaming anti-corruption issues in EU development assistance.

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