ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a framework that illustrates the various elements of the fight. It highlights the need for, and identifies the importance of, a champion in this battle and summarizes generic strategies that have been employed in the past. The chapter discusses the importance, and the difficulty, of choosing anti-corruption strategies that are based upon the initial conditions of the society. The political elite wishing to fight corruption must first reassure its citizens that everyone stands to gain by cooperating – no one will be disadvantaged by being honest. As part of their strategy, civil society campaigns have strengthened their connection to grass roots organisations and mobilised the public to demand change through non-violent means. Most of the industrialised world is beginning to realise that it is not in its long-term interest to tolerate corruption in other societies, even if corrupt transactions bring short-term profits. To reduce the temptation for corruption, any regulation should be kept to what is essential.
