One route to tackling corruption is to close down opportunities for regulatory arbitrage. The 2025 Financial Secrecy Index shows us how.

Crises cause system-wide shifts that demand a different approach to corruption risk assessments – moving away from static models towards context-sensitive and dynamic techniques.

The Global Public Procurement Dataset helps users to uncover corruption ‘red flags’ in government contracting across 42 countries.

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) undermine economic growth by weakening institutional quality, state legitimacy, facilitating corruption and discouraging foreign and domestic investment. Empirical stu...

At an online event in March 2025, more than 100 participants discussed strategies to curb corruption while promoting gender equality and social justice.

Uganda’s emerging oil industry could paradoxically undermine its socioeconomic development. This is because of opportunities for corruption, including in project expenditure, procurement, land…

Investing in anti-corruption capacity is an important route to securing the democratic benefits of decentralisation reforms in Ukraine.

Corruption disproportionately affects women and marginalised groups, limiting access to essential services, economic opportunities, and political representation. This event explores how anti-corruptio...

Policymakers need to decode which types of corruption raise public concern and where intervention is urgent. The DATACORR database of 3,000+ survey questions can help develop innovative, appropriate…

Uganda’s emerging oil industry could paradoxically undermine its socioeconomic development. This is because of opportunities for corruption, including in project expenditure, procurement, land…

Clinical trials that take place in a range of countries ensures that vaccines are effective for different populations and bring opportunities for researchers and investment into a country’s medical…

Business integrity and democracy are deeply intertwined. Both are complex multidimensional concepts, so this relationship can be traced across several areas, from the effect of corporate activity…

Citizens’ survey responses can be unreliable and influenced by perceived expectations. Researchers must understand this behaviour, clearly set the context, and define key terms to improve corruption…

Despite the vital role of anti-corruption in sustaining peace, the scope and success of integrating anti-corruption provisions in peace agreements has never been examined. Our study finds that, in…

The recovery of Ukraine depends on empowering local self-government authorities (LSGs) to counter corruption and ensure transparent reconstruction efforts. These decentralised bodies, strengthened…

3-week, expert-led course. Understand why and how approaches to anti-corruption in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) require tailored and alternative approaches. This course is designed for ...