COVID-19 & Corruption: Latest Trackers, Articles, and Resources

November 30, 2020 | Kai Bernier-Chen

The staff of the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center at CIPE has compiled this list of publications and resources to help the global anti-corruption community. The most recent entries are placed near the top. We welcome your suggestions for additional articles, reports, and resources on this issue. Last update: November 27, 2020.

Trackers, Indexes & Reports

Findings and Recommendations for Better Emergency Procurement From 12 Countries

Civic Freedoms Under Threat During COVID-19: A Snapshot of Restrictions and Resilience

Democracy Under Lockdown

Central America Economic Reactivation in a COVID-19 World: Finding Sustainable Opportunities in Uncertain Times

COVID-19 and Freedom of Expression in the Americas

IMF COVID-19 Anti-Corruption Tracker

Global Integrity COVID-19, Governance & Anti-Corruption Database

Addressing the Other COVID Crisis: Corruption

Accountable Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Global Democracy & COVID-19: Upgrading International Support

Minimising Bribery and Corruption in the Time of COVID-19

Corruption and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus and Aid: What We’re Watching

The Global Crisis of Corruption

Country Assessments: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Economic Crisis

The COVID-19 and Persons Deprived of Liberty Information Hub and Collaborative Platform

The Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index

Global Dashboard: COVID-19 Government Policies

(IMF) National Policy Responses to Coronavirus

Getting Ahead of the Curve (Transparency International)

The IMF and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

COVID-19 Africa Watch

(IMF) Special Series on COVID-19

Collecting Open Government Approaches to COVID-19

Country by Country	Date
Australia’s Cairns Aquarium Accused of Misusing COVID-19 Support Funding	11/26
Growing Dissent in South Africa Over Corruption, Job Losses and Bizarre Rules	11/25
UK COVID-19 Procurement Report Could Form Basis of Fraud and Corruption Probes	11/24
COVID-19 In South Africa: Journalistic Investigations Uncover Corruption	11/23
Corruption Is Rampant During Pandemic, Says Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Chair	11/22
Sri Lankan President Highlights Efforts to Combat COVID, Corruption, Poverty	11/19
UK Government’s COVID Response is Mired in Bias & Corruption	11/17
There’s Still a Great Deal of COVID-19 Corruption Going Down in South Africa	11/17
In the UK, COVID-19 Pandemic Has Unleashed State Corruption on a Grand Scale	11/17
Coronavirus Crisis Exposes Ukraine’s Healthcare Failures	11/16
South African Doctors Doing All They Can to Stop Health Insurance Corruption	11/16
Cuban COVID-19 Drug Deal Adds to South African President’s Corruption Headache	11/15
Corruption Complicates Bangladesh’s Fight Against COVID-19	11/13
How Pandemic-Related Corruption Calls for a New Social Contract in Panama	11/10
Peru President Vizcarra Ousted Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Corruption Allegations	11/10
TI Bangladesh: COVID-19 Exposed, Created Opportunities for Corruption	11/10
UK Government Fails to Publish Details of COVID Contracts with Private Firms	11/9
South African Government Accused of Falsifying Unemployment Relief Denials	11/8
COVID-19 Splurge Continues in South Africa, This Time in Schools	11/8
South African Gangs Flourish in COVID-19 Climate Fueled by Police Corruption	11/7
How COVID-19 Has Worsened Attacks Against Journalists in Kenya	11/5
Former Kazakh Health Minister Detained in Corruption Probe	11/4
COVID-19 Complacency and Porous Borders in Philippines	11/2
India’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Hosts Webinars, Competitions to Raise Awareness	11/2
South Africa’s Draft Procurement Bill Falls Short in Fight Against Corruption	11/1
South Africa’s Civil Society Must Demand a Country Free From Self-Enrichment	11/1

Opinion & Position Pieces	Date
Five Keys to FCPA Compliance in the COVID-19 Era	11/24
Is the Coronavirus Catalyzing New Civic Collaborations for Open Government?	11/23
G20 Summit: COVID, Climate, Debt and Transparency	11/22
Tackling Corruption in Governments’ COVID-19 Health Responses	11/18
The Unspoken COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges: Distribution and Corruption	11/10
African Anti-Corruption Dialogue Issues Recommendations to Combat Corruption	11/7
Maximizing Citizen Engagement to Beat COVID-19	11/5
Solidarity in the Time of COVID-19: Civil Society Responses to the Pandemic	11/5
The Graft-Busting Uses of COVID-19 Aid	11/4
Compliance During COVID-19: Assessing Risk in the Supply Chain	11/2
Civil Society’s Brave Role in Exposing Pandemic Corruption	11/1

Healthcare & Corruption	Date
How to Keep COVID-19 Vaccines Safe From Hackers	11/18
COVIDGATE: The Corruption of Clinical Trials (Part One)	11/18

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