http://corruptionresearchnetwork.org The Global Meeting-Point for Anti-Corruption Research daily 1 2009-11-09T13:55:58Z http://corruptionresearchnetwork.org/resources/frontpage-articles/the-role-of-corruption-in-peacebuilding In this Featured Research Article commissioned by the Anti-Corruption Research Network, authors Dominik Zaum and Christine Cheng explore the challenges and complexities of combating corruption in the peacebuilding process. No publisher fnawaz 2012-01-11T16:48:50Z Research Article http://corruptionresearchnetwork.org/resources/frontpage-articles/acrn-blog-reflections-from-a-political-science-conference ACRN contributing editor Nicholas Charron recently attended the APSA (American Political Science Association) annual conference which was held in Seattle on 1 - 4 September 2011. In this post he shares his thoughts on the interesting panels, findings and trends in corruption research from political scientists around the world. No publisher fnawaz 2011-10-26T15:34:46Z Research Article http://corruptionresearchnetwork.org/resources/frontpage-articles/auditing-as-an-anti-corruption-tool In this blog post, ACRN Contributing Editor Paul Lagunes takes an in-depth look at auditing as a monitoring mechanism. He surveys the evidence thus far on the effectiveness of auditing as an anti-corruption tool and finds that while there is some data to suggest that audits can lead to the reduction of corruption, much more work is needed to understand the particular conditions under which audits are most effective. No publisher fnawaz 2011-09-30T15:50:42Z Research Article http://corruptionresearchnetwork.org/resources/frontpage-articles/HumanTraffickingCorruption The role and implications of corruption in the conduct of human trafficking is slowly getting to the attention of scholars, practitioners and policy makers. While conferences and papers are beginning to shed light on the inter-linkages between the two issues, an immense gap in knowledge (as well as between knowledge and practice) still needs to be filled . No publisher fnawaz 2011-09-26T11:27:17Z Research Article