U4 Brief
Unpacking the concept of political will to confront corruption
Quite often, "lack of political will" is identified as the culprit for poorly performing anti-corruption programmes. Yet despite the frequency with which it is used to explain unsatisfactory reform outcomes, political will remains under-defined and poorly understood. Further, assessments are often conducted retrospectively, looking back at failed programmes. By applying a model of political will that specifies a set of action-based components that are observable and measurable, and amenable to external reinforcement and support, more clarity regarding the degree of political will can be achieved.
![Unpacking the concept of political will to confront corruption](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/1f1lcoov/production/cfe2747650345fd062b7c62e845bbfab78cabe2e-1504x2128.png?auto=format&w=3840&q=75&fit=max)
Cite this publication
Brinkerhoff, D. (2010) Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2010:1) 4 p.
Disclaimer
All views in this text are the author(s)’, and may differ from the U4 partner agencies’ policies.
This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)