Is there a need for a global integrity standard?, by Oskar Karnebäck

How do you make sure that the money you invest in a country prone to corruption is not embezzled but spent according to intent? This discussion is very topical for international development cooperation agencies as they work in most of the countries that score poorly on the available corruption indices, such as the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators or the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. How do we make sure that our funds are used for meaningful investments in health, education and good governance, and do not disappear into private pockets?