Agencies and policies The performance of bilateral donors in fighting corruption -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Paving the way: Some facts on corruption anddevelopment -- 2.1. Defining corruption -- 2.2. Measuring corruption -- 2.3. Corruption and development -- 2.4. The role of donors in fighting corruption -- 3. Towards an AC regime in bilateral DC -- 3.1. A few words on regimes -- 3.2. What could the regime look like? -- 3.3. Principles, rules, norms, procedures -- 3.3.1. Principles -- 3.3.2. Rules and Norms -- 3.3.2.1. Complexity and timing -- 3.3.2.2. Mainstreaming AC efforts in donor agencies -- 3.3.2.3. Supply-side issues, domestic advocacy -- 3.3.2.4. Knowledge management, evaluation -- 3.3.2.5. Country specificity of AC actions -- 3.3.2.6. Coalition building -- 3.3.2.7. Entry Points, sectoral approaches -- 3.3.2.8. Strengthening Civil Society -- 3.3.2.9. Support decentralization and local participation -- 3.3.2.10. Political issues -- 3.3.3. Decision making procedures -- 4. The normative level:Three AC policy papers examined -- 4.1. USAID -- 4.1.1. Complexity and timing -- 4.1.2. Mainstreaming AC efforts in donor agencies -- 4.1.3. Supply-side issues, domestic advocacy -- 4.1.4. Knowledge Management, Evaluation -- 4.1.5. Country specificity of AC actions -- 4.1.6. Coalition building -- 4.1.7. Entry points, sectoral approaches -- 4.1.8. Strengthening Civil Society -- 4.1.9. Support decentralization and local participation -- 4.1.10. Political issues -- 4.1.11. Summary for USAID -- 4.2. DFID -- 4.2.1. Complexity and timing -- 4.2.2. Mainstreaming AC efforts in donor agencies -- 4.2.3. Supply-side issues, domestic advocacy -- 4.2.4. Knowledge Management, Evaluation -- 4.2.5. Country specificity of AC actions -- 4.2.6. Coalition building -- 4.2.7. Entry points, sectoral approaches -- 4.2.8. Strengthening Civil Society.

4.2.9. Support decentralization and local participation -- 4.2.10. Political issues -- 4.2.11. Summary for DFID -- 4.3. Sida -- 4.3.1. Complexity and timing -- 4.3.2. Mainstreaming AC efforts in donor agencies -- 4.3.3. Supply-side issues, domestic advocacy -- 4.3.4. Knowledge Management, Evaluation -- 4.3.5. Country specificity of AC actions -- 4.3.6. Coalition building -- 4.3.7. Entry points, sectoral approaches -- 4.3.8. Strengthening Civil Societ -- 4.3.9. Support decentralization and local participation -- 4.3.10. Political issues -- 4.3.11. Summary for Sida -- 4.4. Summary of the results on the normative level -- 5. The implementation level:aid allocation patterns compared -- 5.1. USA -- 5.2. UK -- 5.3. Sweden -- 5.4. Summary of the results on the implementation level -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. References -- 8. Abbreviations.

Christoph Seidler's book discusses how bilateral donors perform in fighting corruption. In order to do so, a rationalist perspective is taken. The author argues that donors perform well in fighting corruption when they cooperate - in forming an international regime. Based on three documents of OECD/DAC, possible principles, rules and norms of such a regime are elaborated. By examining policy papers of three bilateral donors (United States Agency for International Development, UK Department for International Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), the author seeks to understand if donors' policy papers indeed converge on a normative level. In a second step, the implementation level in the form of aid allocation patterns is examined. The analysis shows a larger degree of coherence on the normative level but only few commonalities on the implementation level as aid allocation patterns of the donors vary considerably. The book concludes that a possible regime is not (yet) in place, even though principles, rules and norms exist. Thus, the bilateral donors' performance in fighting corruption is still suboptimal.

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