Governance,
corruption, and conflict
The international community has been paying increasing attention to corruption and how
to control it. For one thing, international institutions, governments, donors, aid workers,
and peacebuilders all realize that corruption has very high costs for society, but
particularly in states emerging from conflict. Not only can corruption keep states in
cycles of violence by funding armed groups and criminal networks, but it can also
prevent the development of effective institutions of governance. When money and
resources available to government are diverted by corrupt officials instead of being
channeled for the benefit of citizens, the clock turns back on social and economic
development. This, in turn, can create further instability. In these ways, corruption,
governance, and conflict are all linked. But, corruption exists everywhere in some form
and can be pervasive in some societies. Rooting it out is more difficult than it would
seem.
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