Development Aid–A Blind Spot for EU Anticorruption Efforts

“A new study from the European Parliament entitled Cost of Corruption in Developing Countries – How Effectively is Aid Being Spent? shows that, despite an impressive track record of ambitious anticorruption reforms in countries working toward European Union membership, the EU’s overall anticorruption strategy marginalizes efforts to address corruption through development aid. The EU could spend aid more effectively, the report concludes, if it prioritized corruption control in developing countries. The analysis in the report suggests several measures that the EU should adopt to reduce corruption in its development aid programs.”

Read the post by Jesper Johnsøn, Nils Taxell, and Thor Olav Iversen, of the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, in the Global Anticorruption Blog. http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/07/13/guest-post-development-aid-a-blind-spot-for-eu-anticorruption-efforts-2/