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As part of the project, a pilot behavioural intervention was implemented at a Tanzanian hospital that aimed to shift hospital users’ and health providers’ attitudes and perceived social norms around gift-giving. It also aimed to reduce actual exchanges of gifts.\n\nThe report complements the final technical report from the project, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002FTZ-giftgiving\">Using behavioural insights to reduce gift giving in a Tanzanian public hospital\u003C\u002Fa>, by providing details about the use of social network analysis (SNA) to assess how the information about the intervention was disseminated through the hospital. \n\nIt provides a breakdown of results, the questionnaire used in the surveys, and methodological notes for future studies.\n\nThe research project as a whole was funded by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE), funded with UK aid from the UK government. The project implementation was a collaboration between the Basel Institute on Governance, the UK Behavioural Insights Team, the University of Dar es Salam and the University of Utrecht.\n\nThe technical report is free to share under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence.","","English",2022,"Basel Institute on Governance","2022-09-08",false,[21],"Public Governance",[23,26],{"url":24,"caption":25},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002FTZ-giftgiving"," See related technical report: Using behavioural insights to reduce gift giving in a Tanzanian public hospital: Findings from a mixed-methods evaluation",{"url":27,"caption":28},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-40"," See related Working Paper: Developing anti-corruption interventions addressing social norms: Lessons from a field pilot in Tanzania",[],[31],"Corruption Prevention and Public 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Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE).\n\nThe project follows from a previous research project where the Basel Institute on Governance, in partnership with University College London and SOAS, researched informality and its relationship with corruption and governance in seven countries in East Africa and Central Asia. The findings from that research project suggested that corruption often takes place according to informal, unwritten rules. The findings from the seven countries supported the following observation:\n\n\n“Corruption is most often not the result from the actions of a few, individual rotten apples operating in otherwise healthy governance systems; rather corruption is orchestrated by informal social networks that connect actors in the public and private realms and enable the pursuit of a variety of intransparent, often illicit, goals.”\n\n\nIn our current research project, we have aimed to understand how informal networks that are associated with different types of corruption are exactly articulated, operationalised and managed, with a view to distilling lessons of value to anti-corruption practitioners.\n\nThe present report sheds light on the functioning of informal networks in East Africa, based on evidence collected in Tanzania and Uganda. The report presents evidence, consisting of ten mini-case studies (six from Tanzania and four from Uganda) that describe informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud. The 10 cases are also analysed and implications for anti-corruption practice discussed.",[21],[142,34],"Article","2021-11-02","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fe420805b-118f-48cb-8bff-675352716c10?width=600&height=840","Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE)",[147,150,153],{"url":148,"caption":149},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fcase-studies-tanzania-gi-ace-research-informal-networks-and-corruption"," View case studies from Tanzania",{"url":151,"caption":152},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fcase-studies-uganda-gi-ace-research-informal-networks-and-corruption"," View case studies from Uganda",{"url":154,"caption":155},"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fbribery-isnt-only-an-exchange-of-money-what-new-research-tells-us-about-how-informal-networks-enable-corruption-and-vice-versa-2129"," View blog\u002Fshort summary by Claudia Baez Camargo",[],[158,162,166],{"authors_id":159},{"id":160,"name":161},295,"Claudia Baez Camargo",{"authors_id":163},{"id":164,"name":165},304,"Jacopo Costa",{"authors_id":167},{"id":168,"name":169},359,"Lucy Koechlin",[171,173],{"countries_id":172},{"id":68,"name":69},{"countries_id":174},{"id":175,"name":176},226,"Uganda",[178,182,184],{"tags_id":179},{"id":180,"name":181},982,"Anti-corruption",{"tags_id":183},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":185},{"id":186,"name":187},1309,"Informality",[189],1804,[31],[15],"2022-04-27T11:53:30.000Z","2026-06-02T14:10:29.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Finformal-networks-investment-east-africa",{"id":196,"slug":197,"title":198,"status":6,"nid":199,"year":138,"body":200,"external":19,"topic":201,"language":15,"type":202,"date_published":143,"image":204,"citation":14,"publisher":145,"link_internal":205,"link_external":208,"authors":209,"countries":220,"tags":223,"pdf":230,"topics":232,"featured":19,"languages":233,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":234,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":235,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":148},1781,"case-studies-tanzania-gi-ace-research-informal-networks-and-corruption","Case studies from Tanzania: GI-ACE research on informal networks and corruption",2127,"The six case studies in this collection form part of a research project entitled \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Face.globalintegrity.org\u002Fprojects\u002Finformality\u002F\">Harnessing informality: Designing anti-corruption network interventions and strategic use of legal instruments\u003C\u002Fa>” funded by UK Aid as part of the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE).\n\nThe research project aimed to understand how informal networks that are associated with different types of corruption are exactly articulated, operationalised and managed, with a view to distilling lessons of value to anti-corruption practitioners.\n\nThe case studies describe informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud. They include visual graphics of the informal networks and connections between different actors.\n\nTogether with the research report and four case studies from Uganda, they shed light on the functioning of informal networks in East Africa. The case studies were prepared with Dr. Danstan Mukono of the University of Dar es Salaam.\n\nContents:\n\n\n- Seeking tax clearance through informal networks in Dar es Salaam\n- Informal networking and tendering practices in local government\n- Informal networks and transactional exchange in the transportation sector\n- Informal networking for business startup\n- Informal networking and the formalization of unplanned urban land\n- Informal connections and favoritism in service levies and business licences\n",[21],[203,34],"Case Study","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F85e1aab5-d43f-4914-b5d4-f329dbb696a7?width=600&height=840",[206],{"url":194,"caption":207}," View main research report",[],[210,212,214,216],{"authors_id":211},{"id":160,"name":161},{"authors_id":213},{"id":164,"name":165},{"authors_id":215},{"id":168,"name":169},{"authors_id":217},{"id":218,"name":219},362,"Danstan Mukono",[221],{"countries_id":222},{"id":68,"name":69},[224,226,228],{"tags_id":225},{"id":180,"name":181},{"tags_id":227},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":229},{"id":186,"name":187},[231],1806,[31],[15],"2022-04-27T11:53:32.000Z","2026-06-02T14:09:07.000Z",{"id":237,"slug":238,"title":239,"status":6,"nid":240,"year":16,"body":241,"external":19,"topic":242,"language":15,"type":243,"date_published":244,"image":245,"citation":14,"publisher":17,"link_internal":246,"link_external":247,"authors":248,"countries":253,"tags":254,"pdf":259,"topics":261,"featured":19,"languages":262,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":263,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":264,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":265},2234,"behavioural-insights-and-anti-corruption","Behavioural insights and anti-corruption: Executive summary of a practitioner-tailored review of the latest evidence (2016–2022)",2267,"Donors, governments and anti-corruption practitioners seeking alternative tools to address systemic corruption are increasingly turning to behavioural science. Behavioural anti-corruption approaches appear promising because they respond to a growing body of descriptive evidence on how certain social norms and mental models drive corruption, particularly in fragile contexts. Interventions that target social norms and seek to shift people’s behaviours away from corrupt practices could be more effective and long-lasting than ones that, for example, simply add more regulations and controls.\n\nYet few large-scale anti-corruption programmes have so far been informed by behavioural insights – in part due to a lack of evidence on where such an approach would be appropriate, what works and what doesn’t. \n\nThat evidence is slowly becoming available, thanks to an increase in the past five years in what can be called Social Norms and Behaviour Change (SNBC) intervention studies. Many have yielded positive effects and demonstrate the potential of SNBC interventions to tackle systemic corruption, but some studies have encountered counterproductive effects of anti-corruption messaging. \n\nBased on a synthesis of the evidence, this brief paper summarises a set of behavioural explanations (i.e. insights and pitfalls) for why some of these SNBC approaches have failed, while others have been effective. The aim is to provide practitioners designing SNBC interventions with evidence to help them develop effective programmes and avoid common pitfalls.\n\nThe full research paper and analysis tables are available to practitioners upon request. Please email \u003Ca href=\"mailto:info@baselgovernance.org\">info@baselgovernance.org\u003C\u002Fa>.\n\n### Acknowledgements and open-access licence\n\nThe publication is a technical report published by the Basel Institute on Governance. It is free to share under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F\">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0\u003C\u002Fa>) licence.\n\nThis is a short version of a substantial in-depth review of the latest evidence (2016-21) on how SNBC approaches can inform anti-corruption practice. The publication was supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The contents of this publication do not represent the official position of either BMZ or GIZ.",[21],[34],"2022-10-10","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fbebee1ea-a781-4771-8ec0-b9e473e302c8?width=600&height=840",[],[],[249],{"authors_id":250},{"id":251,"name":252},354,"Cosimo Stahl",[],[255,257],{"tags_id":256},{"id":180,"name":181},{"tags_id":258},{"id":89,"name":90},[260],2276,[31],[15],"2022-10-10T16:04:11.000Z","2026-05-31T22:52:08.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fbehavioural-insights-and-anti-corruption",{"id":267,"slug":268,"title":269,"status":6,"nid":270,"year":16,"body":271,"external":19,"topic":272,"language":15,"type":274,"date_published":275,"image":276,"citation":14,"publisher":277,"link_internal":278,"link_external":279,"authors":283,"countries":290,"tags":291,"pdf":302,"topics":303,"featured":19,"languages":304,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":305,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":306,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":307},2195,"wp-39","Working Paper 39: Behavioural drivers of corruption facilitating illegal wildlife trade – Problem analysis and state of the field review",2210,"This Problem Analysis is a review of the efficacy and opportunities for using social norm and behaviour change (SNBC) approaches to combat illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and other natural resource-related corruption.\n\nBehavioural science is a rich and expansive field that has received prominent coverage in recent years for the promise it offers as a foundational yet underutilised approach to achieving biodiversity conservation. Extensive literature shows how SNBC initiatives can help combat diverse corruption problems, although for those related to natural resource management the evidence for doing so is sparse.\n\nThis report synthesises the available information and suggests the next steps to redress this current lack of evidence. It seeks to:\n\n\n- Understand what SNBC approaches might or might not work in fighting corruption.\n- Identify entry points for designing SNBC interventions that can effectively reduce corruption related to IWT.\n\n\n### About and acknowledgements\n\nThis Analysis has been produced in association with the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) project. The TNRC project is working to improve biodiversity outcomes by helping practitioners to address the threats posed by corruption to wildlife, fisheries and forests. TNRC harnesses existing knowledge, generates new evidence, and supports innovative policy and practice for more effective anti-corruption programming. Learn more at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftnrcproject.org\">tnrcproject.org\u003C\u002Fa>.\n\nThis publication is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or individual TNRC consortium members.\n\nThe publication is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper Series, ISSN: 2624-9650. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).\n\nSuggested citation: Baez Camargo, Claudia, and Gayle Burgess. 2022. “Behavioural drivers of corruption facilitating illegal wildlife trade: Problem analysis and state of the field review.” Working Paper 39, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-39\">https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-39\u003C\u002Fa>",[273,21],"Green Corruption",[142,34],"2022-06-01","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F9f6e8d24-9468-43cb-949d-bdbd25d35adb?width=600&height=840","Basel Institute on Governance; TRAFFIC",[],[280],{"url":281,"caption":282},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.zoom.us\u002Fwebinar\u002Fregister\u002FWN_VUh1-aisS-Su1Cuwc8vWlA"," Register for virtual event - 27 June 2022",[284,286],{"authors_id":285},{"id":160,"name":161},{"authors_id":287},{"id":288,"name":289},501,"Gayle Burgess",[],[292,296,300],{"tags_id":293},{"id":294,"name":295},804,"Natural resources",{"tags_id":297},{"id":298,"name":299},1303,"Environment",{"tags_id":301},{"id":89,"name":90},[237],[273,31],[15],"2022-06-09T13:42:35.000Z","2026-05-31T22:52:04.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-39",{"id":309,"slug":310,"title":311,"status":6,"nid":312,"year":138,"body":313,"external":19,"topic":314,"language":15,"type":315,"date_published":143,"image":316,"citation":14,"publisher":145,"link_internal":317,"link_external":319,"authors":320,"countries":331,"tags":334,"pdf":341,"topics":343,"featured":19,"languages":344,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":345,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":235,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":151},1780,"case-studies-uganda-gi-ace-research-informal-networks-and-corruption","Case studies from Uganda: GI-ACE research on informal networks and corruption",2128,"The four case studies in this collection form part of a research project entitled \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Face.globalintegrity.org\u002Fprojects\u002Finformality\u002F\">Harnessing informality: Designing anti-corruption network interventions and strategic use of legal instruments\u003C\u002Fa>” funded by UK Aid as part of the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE).\n\nThe research project aimed to understand how informal networks that are associated with different types of corruption are exactly articulated, operationalised and managed, with a view to distilling lessons of value to anti-corruption practitioners.\n\nThe case studies describe informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud. They include visual graphics of the informal networks and connections between different actors.\n\nTogether with the research report and six case studies from Tanzania, they shed light on the functioning of informal networks in East Africa. The case studies were prepared with the help of Robert Lugolobi, independent consultant.\n\nContents:\n\n\n- The use of informal networks to obtain a driver’s licence\n- Network transactions involving the land registration office\n- Informal networks in the transport, tour and ticketing business\n- Informal networks in the chemical sector\n",[21],[203,34],"https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fbe33fcbd-b6ba-4d26-81e8-3f5d7ced9085?width=600&height=840",[318],{"url":194,"caption":207},[],[321,323,325,327],{"authors_id":322},{"id":160,"name":161},{"authors_id":324},{"id":164,"name":165},{"authors_id":326},{"id":168,"name":169},{"authors_id":328},{"id":329,"name":330},358,"Robert Lugolobi",[332],{"countries_id":333},{"id":175,"name":176},[335,337,339],{"tags_id":336},{"id":180,"name":181},{"tags_id":338},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":340},{"id":186,"name":187},[342],1805,[31],[15],"2022-04-27T11:53:31.000Z",{"id":347,"slug":348,"title":349,"status":6,"nid":350,"year":138,"body":351,"external":19,"topic":352,"language":15,"type":353,"date_published":354,"image":355,"citation":14,"publisher":17,"link_internal":356,"link_external":357,"authors":358,"countries":361,"tags":366,"pdf":375,"topics":377,"featured":19,"languages":378,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":379,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":380,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":381},1801,"gendered-corruption-initial-insights-sextortion-and-double-bribery-affecting-female","Gendered corruption: Initial insights into sextortion and double bribery affecting female businesswomen in Malawi",2040,"This report offers an initial insight into the problem of gendered corruption, including sextortion and so-called double bribery, based on interviews with 19 businesswomen in Malawi. Part of a wider research project into procurement corruption, the interviews aimed to explore the extent of gendered corruption as a coercive form of social exchange, as well as the role of informal corrupt networks in magnifying gender-specific inequalities.\n\nThough based on a small sample in one particular context, the findings indicate that more research into this topic is urgently needed globally with a view to mainstreaming sexual corruption into anti-corruption programming. Initial findings indicate that:\n\n\n- Sextortion, forced sexual favours, \"double bribery\" and other forms of sexual corruption are perceived to be widespread in Malawi. \n- Women's risk of being subjected to sexual corruption increases in informal network settings, such as those in which business takes place.\n- Socio-economic factors and gender-imbalanced power dynamics play an important role in enabling sexual corruption to take place with impunity.\n- Trustworthy reporting and support mechanisms for sexual corruption are said to be lacking. \n- Existing female-only business self-help groups could provide a strong base for enabling women to address issues of sexual corruption and related gendered violence. \n\n\nOverall, there is a great need for more research and policy attention globally to gendered corruption and related issues that still remain – tragically – hidden from view or considered as normal. \n\n### About this publication\n\nThe research underpinning this report has been undertaken in support of the Tackling Serious and Organised Crime (TSOC) programme in Malawi, which is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).\n\nSuggested citation: Stahl, C., 2021. *Gendered corruption: Initial insights into sextortion and double bribery affecting female businesswomen in Malawi.* Basel Institute on Governance, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fgendered-corruption-initial-insights-sextortion-and-double-bribery-affecting-female\">https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fgendered-corruption-initial-in…\u003C\u002Fa>.",[21],[34],"2021-06-28","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F5b923df6-8ac9-4ee3-8161-d9b3fe92ac9a?width=600&height=840",[],[],[359],{"authors_id":360},{"id":251,"name":252},[362],{"countries_id":363},{"id":364,"name":365},153,"Malawi",[367,371,373],{"tags_id":368},{"id":369,"name":370},973,"Corruption",{"tags_id":372},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":374},{"id":186,"name":187},[376],1836,[31],[15],"2022-04-27T11:53:45.000Z","2026-05-29T22:22:42.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fgendered-corruption-initial-insights-sextortion-and-double-bribery-affecting-female",{"id":383,"slug":384,"title":385,"status":6,"nid":386,"year":387,"body":388,"external":19,"topic":389,"language":15,"type":390,"date_published":391,"image":392,"citation":14,"publisher":17,"link_internal":393,"link_external":394,"authors":395,"countries":400,"tags":405,"pdf":410,"topics":412,"featured":19,"languages":413,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":414,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":415,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":416},1849,"e-informality-smartphones-new-regulatory-space-informal-exchange-formal-resources","E-informality: smartphones as a new regulatory space for informal exchange of formal resources",1800,2020,"Mobile phones and other technologies have transformed the nature and dynamics of informal social networks in Kyrgyzstan. Some scholars argue that new technology (electronisation, digitalisation) helps to prevent corruption and reduce the risk of bribery, informal social networks and bureaucracy. In their view, new technology has the potential to create transparent and efficient ways to access public services. This is usually done by implementing electronic queue systems, online payment platforms, registers and other public services, as well as transparency portals providing access to government data, statistics and state laws and regulations.\n\nBased on our research in Kyrgyzstan, we explore the extent to which smartphones and new technologies are empowering citizens to access public services in Kyrgyzstan through the logistics of informal networking. We observed that this is especially practised among young people both in Kyrgyzstan and in Russia. By using smartphones, young people:\n\n\n- help each other in times of need (to expedite access to public resources);\n- share information about possible reliable networks (*svyazi*);\n- recommend reliable networks to each other;\n- prioritise these networks over others.\n\n\nAs many international organisations and government agencies are trying to support the fight against corruption and informality through the use of new technology, young people in Kyrgyzstan are finding creative ways of bypassing new technology. At the same time, they are driving the dynamics of informal social networks by using this technology and in particular smartphones.\n\nThe generational aspect became unexpectedly important during the research because of striking differences between the experiences and practices of informality between younger and middle-aged generations. Both generations have similar contemporary experiences of insecurity, financial struggles and socio-economic conditions in the post-Soviet context, but these two groups have different experiences with the Soviet times themselves. Several young people pointed out that “informality, even corruption, for us is a normal thing”. They perceive informality and bribery as a “normal” feature of daily life with two sides – hindering as well as establishing careers. The middle-aged generation, however, whose background is rooted in the Soviet period, see it in a negative light, even though they still practise informality and bribery in their everyday lives.\n\nThe intensive use of smartphones by young people becomes obvious when they try to access public services by means of informal social networks. Middle-aged generations use telephones for logistical tasks and communication with friends and family members, but young people go beyond these merely logistical tasks. They actively use social media (*odnoklassniki* groups - Russian social networking services, like Facebook, that are widely used in Kyrgyzstan and in other post-Soviet countries) and mobile applications (WhatsApp, immo) when they need help by sharing information amongst one another, and their friends and friends of friends.\n\nMore specifically, young people have created “WhatsApp-based communities for getting things done quickly”. These perpetuate the mutual benefit of reciprocity, mainly for issues related to the public sector. Young people are better socially connected and informed about each other’s work, receive news (who got which positions), stay in touch with important people on a regular basis (even if they move to another place), learn about important events, and get advice on specific issues.\n\n### About this research\n\nThe research presented in this report is funded by the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE) as part of the Basel Institute on Governance-led research programme on Harnessing informality: Designing anti-corruption network interventions and strategic use of legal instruments. For more information see the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Face.globalintegrity.org\u002Fprojects\u002Finformality\u002F\">GI-ACE project description \u003C\u002Fa>and the Basel Institute’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublic-governance\u002Fresearch-projects\u002Finformal-governance\">Informal Governance resource\u003C\u002Fa>.\n\nThe authors would like to express their gratitude to the Volkswagen Foundation, which supported the research of Gulzat Baialieva. Our thanks also go to the Leibniz Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO).",[21],[34],"2020-07-02","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Ff457e51b-9084-44f7-85f3-ea4cd27faf86?width=600&height=840",[],[],[396],{"authors_id":397},{"id":398,"name":399},373,"Aksana Ismailbekova",[401],{"countries_id":402},{"id":403,"name":404},114,"Kyrgyzstan",[406,408],{"tags_id":407},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":409},{"id":186,"name":187},[411],1881,[31],[15],"2022-04-27T11:54:14.000Z","2026-05-29T22:22:50.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fe-informality-smartphones-new-regulatory-space-informal-exchange-formal-resources",{"id":418,"slug":419,"title":420,"status":6,"nid":421,"year":422,"body":423,"external":19,"topic":424,"language":15,"type":425,"date_published":427,"image":428,"citation":429,"publisher":17,"link_internal":430,"link_external":434,"authors":435,"countries":442,"tags":445,"pdf":452,"topics":454,"featured":19,"languages":455,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":456,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":457,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":458},2324,"research-case-5","Research Case Study 5: Harnessing behavioural approaches against corruption",2550,2023,"Social norms and behaviour change (SNBC) approaches are a promising complement to conventional anti-corruption strategies. Adopting a context-sensitive and nuanced approach is an essential ingredient for success.\n\nWe wanted to understand if and how behavioural approaches can promote anti-corruption outcomes, as well as conditions for success.\n\nTo do this we reviewed research from 2016–2022 on the use of behavioural approaches in anti-corruption practice. We also analysed our practical experience designing and piloting an intervention to tackle social norms of reciprocity which fuel bribery in health facilities in Tanzania.",[21],[426],"Research Case Study","2023-12-05","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fa4b5e14a-9841-4feb-8411-335c9f972aba?width=600&height=840","Baez Camargo, Claudia, and Saba Kassa. 2023. ‘Harnessing behavioural approaches against corruption.’ Research Case Study 5, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: baselgov- ernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fresearch-case-5.",[431],{"url":432,"caption":433},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications?type=Research%20Case%20Study"," View all research case studies",[],[436,438],{"authors_id":437},{"id":160,"name":161},{"authors_id":439},{"id":440,"name":441},303,"Saba Kassa",[443],{"countries_id":444},{"id":68,"name":69},[446,448,450],{"tags_id":447},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":449},{"id":186,"name":187},{"tags_id":451},{"id":180,"name":181},[453],2360,[31],[15],"2023-12-06T11:04:47.000Z","2026-06-02T14:08:43.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fresearch-case-5",{"id":460,"slug":461,"title":462,"status":6,"nid":463,"year":422,"body":464,"external":19,"topic":465,"language":15,"type":466,"date_published":467,"image":468,"citation":14,"publisher":17,"link_internal":469,"link_external":470,"authors":471,"countries":478,"tags":483,"pdf":488,"topics":490,"featured":19,"languages":491,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":492,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":493,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":494},2278,"research-case-2","Research case study 2: Leveraging informal networks for anti-corruption in East Africa",2432,"Citizens and business people may invest significant time and money in building informal networks with public officials to overcome public service delivery shortcomings and access business opportunities. Understanding these networks better can strengthen anti-corruption efforts.\n\nThis research case study gives a brief overview of our Public Governance team's research in Uganda and Tanzania. Through interviews, the team explored when, how and why informal networks are built and used to access public services or business opportunities corruptly.\n\nThe research project described was carried out under the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE), funded with UK aid from the UK government. All results are freely shareable under a Creative Commons licence.",[21],[426],"2023-05-17","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F7d1b37bc-c9a9-458b-9b5c-5e140061e6dd?width=600&height=840",[],[],[472,474,476],{"authors_id":473},{"id":160,"name":161},{"authors_id":475},{"id":440,"name":441},{"authors_id":477},{"id":164,"name":165},[479,481],{"countries_id":480},{"id":175,"name":176},{"countries_id":482},{"id":68,"name":69},[484,486],{"tags_id":485},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":487},{"id":186,"name":187},[489],2314,[31],[15],"2023-05-17T10:04:49.000Z","2026-05-31T22:52:11.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fresearch-case-2",{"id":496,"slug":497,"title":498,"status":6,"nid":499,"year":16,"body":500,"external":19,"topic":501,"language":15,"type":502,"date_published":503,"image":504,"citation":14,"publisher":505,"link_internal":506,"link_external":511,"authors":515,"countries":522,"tags":527,"pdf":534,"topics":535,"featured":19,"languages":536,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":50,"date_created":537,"user_updated":51,"date_updated":538,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":539},2221,"informal-networks-investment-qualitative-analysis-uganda-and-tanzania","Informal networks as investment: A qualitative analysis from Uganda and Tanzania",2277,"Published in the peer-reviewed journal *Governance*, this paper interprets informal networks as investments made by citizens and business people to cope with the public sphere. Informal networks often orchestrate corruption, connecting public and private actors. The paper aims to understand their key characteristics, scopes, and functional roles.\n\nTen mini case studies from Tanzania and Uganda are studied. The research applies narrative analysis to explore the experiences of citizens, entrepreneurs, and low-level public officials, who built informal networks as a problem-solving mechanism. It uses a grounded theory approach. The findings serve as working hypotheses about variables and patterns emerging from the bottom-up analysis.\n\nThe paper outlines:\n\n\n- Whether there are distinct types of informal networks associated with particular types of corruption;\n- How, why and by whom these networks are built;\n- Whether different individuals play specific roles;\n- The unwritten expectations and norms that govern such networks.\n\n\nThe results highlight critical implications for anti-corruption practice, showing, for example, how this can be strengthened by shifting the intervention unit from individuals to networks.\n\n### About this article\n\nThis peer-reviewed article is based on extensive field research and analysis conducted by the Basel Institute's Public Governance team in Tanzania and Uganda. The research was funded by UK Aid under the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI-ACE) programme. See the links below for the open-access research outputs, including a full research report and two sets of case studies.",[21],[142],"2022-08-25","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F1771fed4-0a6d-4050-88ce-494e877fab4e?width=600&height=840","Governance (Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the IPSA Structure and Organization of Government Committee)",[507,509,510],{"url":194,"caption":508}," View open access research report: Informal networks as investment in East Africa",{"url":148,"caption":149},{"url":151,"caption":152},[512],{"url":513,"caption":514},"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002Fgove.12726","View peer-reviewed article on Wiley Online Library",[516,518,520],{"authors_id":517},{"id":160,"name":161},{"authors_id":519},{"id":164,"name":165},{"authors_id":521},{"id":168,"name":169},[523,525],{"countries_id":524},{"id":68,"name":69},{"countries_id":526},{"id":175,"name":176},[528,530,532],{"tags_id":529},{"id":180,"name":181},{"tags_id":531},{"id":89,"name":90},{"tags_id":533},{"id":186,"name":187},[],[31],[15],"2022-09-06T14:10:21.000Z","2026-06-02T14:08:59.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Finformal-networks-investment-qualitative-analysis-uganda-and-tanzania",1780676581605]