This Anti-Corruption Helpdesk brief was produced in response to a query from a U4 Partner Agency. The U4 Helpdesk is operated by Transparency International in collaboration with the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre based at the Chr. Michelsen Institute.
Query
Please provide a review of recent literature and evidence exploring the links between corruption, poverty and food insecurity.
The studies in this review generally conclude that corruption is a contributing factor to poverty. As characteristics of poverty, corruption also exacerbates hunger and food instability. Therefore, controlling corruption is necessary to achieve sustainable development outcomes. To achieve this robust anti-corruption measures should be implemented. These include transparency in public service delivery and donor aid, better accountability in government, oversight and sanctioning for corrupt actors.
Contents
- Background
- Definitions
- Measurements of corruption, poverty and food insecurity
- Literature review
- Corruption and poverty
- Topic overviews
- Correlations between corruption and poverty
- Regional analyses
- Corruption and food insecurity
- The effect of corruption on donor interventions
- Corruption and poverty
- References
Authors
Caitlin Maslen (TI)
Reviewers
Carmeliza Soares da Costa Rosário (U4)
Jamie Bergin (TI)
Date
09/02/2024
