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With one of the largest footprints of any international force in a fragile and conflict state, the military is increasingly seen as having an important role to play in countering corruption. Yet there is little information on how it can carry out this function. This contribution by Transparency International aims to highlight how corruption manifests in conflict environments so that an understanding of corruption risks is developed. Subsequently, a review of how the military has to date approached the subject in Afghanistan is undertaken to draw any lessons learned. Finally, a toolkit of how the military can approach corruption threat assessments is discussed and explored.
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The drawbacks highlighted are a result of both research undertaken by TI-DSP for a future project on Afghanistan and an analysis of publicly available information.
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The National Transparency and Accountability Program aims to increase transparency and accountability controls within the Afghan government. The program focuses on establishing legal authority and institutional capacity among government institutions, eliciting the aid of civil society organisations to monitor government efforts to tackle corruption and raise awareness among the population, and strengthening institutional mechanisms within government entities to allow for corruption to be addressed.
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The strategic element report is by NATO’s Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre: ‘Counter and Anti-Corruption – Theory and Practice from NATO Operations’. The more operationally focused report was produced by the Joint and Coalition Operational Analysis (JCOA) and is titled ‘Operationalizing Counter/Anti-Corruption Study’. The report focused on the tactical element is to the best of our knowledge yet to be released.
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Mustafa, S., Bock, T., Pyman, M. (2016). Fighting Corruption in Conflict Areas. In: Lucius, G., Rietjens, S. (eds) Effective Civil-Military Interaction in Peace Operations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26806-4_14
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