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Corruption risks in environmental cooperation programmes

Corruption contributes to unsustainable environment practices and resource overuse, while granting elite groups control over natural resource wealth and potentially depriving other user groups. In development cooperation, corruption risks are especially acute in five critical areas, including environmental assessments, environmental policy formulation, implementation of environmental programmes monitoring and enforcement measures relating to environmental protection.
8 February 2007
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Corruption risks in environmental cooperation programmes

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Williams, A. (2007) Corruption risks in environmental cooperation programmes. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer Helpdesk 2007)

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Aled Williams is a political scientist and senior researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute and a principal adviser at the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre. He is responsible for U4's thematic work on corruption in natural resources and energy, and holds a PhD from SOAS, University of London, on political ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia.

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