Defusing the trigger: Corruption and conflict

By Susan Kemp

July 15, 2024   |   0 comments

The relationship between corruption and conflict was center stage at the recent International Anti-corruption Conference (IACC) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference theme, Confronting Global Threats, Standing Up for Integrity, put the spotlight on anti-corruption as it relates to key challenges from the climate crisis to kleptocrats (or “rule by thieves”) and violent conflict.  ...
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Q&A with Zyck Baggett, Senior Technical Advisor, Governance

By Daniel Bernard

April 11, 2024   |   0 comments

I have spent the past decade of my career supporting governance projects, with a primary focus on improving systems at the central and local levels. I spent most of that time in the field serving as Deputy Chief of Party on projects in Liberia and Mali....
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Democracy Delivers: Exploring the impact of participatory, responsive local governance on trust and legitimacy

By Sarah Jaber and Susan Kemp

January 23, 2024   |   0 comments

With 17 years of global democratic decline, how can international development practitioners support communities and local governance actors to partner in building responsive local governance ecosystems? And how does this impact broader perceptions of trust in and legitimacy of government? ...
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Community policing for lasting trust: Lessons from northeast Syria

By Magdalena Dutkowska

January 22, 2024   |   0 comments

Building trust, particularly in regions healing from conflict, is a gradual process requiring careful nurturing and constant safeguarding against its erosion. Since the rise and fall of ISIS in northeastern Syria, re-establishing the Self Administration of Northeast Syria (SANES) as the region's de facto government and rebuilding trust in its safety & security providers has proven challenging. ...
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