ABSTRACT
Equally important in determining strategy selection is the level of funding a donor wishes to invest in counter-corruption activities, and the level of risk the donor is willing to assume. In promoting the free flow of information and policy debate, a successful counter-corruption strategy will provide a balance of resources to both the civic sector and to the bureaucracy. There is a growing body of literature which describes the fundamental nature of corruption and which proposes theoretical assumptions about what needs to be done to counter unethical behaviour. The political nature of Structural Reform makes it the most difficult of the four strategies for donors to assist in designing and implementing. In spite of these problems, a donor approach which is purely bureaucratic in orientation will fail to achieve its objectives unless political strategies are effected simultaneously. A multi-constituent observation program can promote better mutual understanding of the issues by all interested parties.
