Project Case Study
Reviewing the Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau support programme
Tackling corruption in Malawi
The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau programme was founded in 1998 in an effort to tackle a problem of endemic corruption in the country. The Anti-Corruption Bureau is Malawi’s leading institution in the country’s fight against corruption and is tasked to investigate and prosecute persons engaged in corrupt practices, raise awareness of corruption and its effects and prevent corruption through support and advice to organisations on systems and procedures.
In 2007, the Department for International Development began a programme of support to the Bureau to encourage proper use of UK government funds provided to other development projects in Malawi. To ensure the continued accountability of the support programme, we were commissioned in 2009 to undertake the annual review of the programme.
In 2007, the Department for International Development began a programme of support to the Bureau to encourage proper use of UK government funds provided to other development projects in Malawi. To ensure the continued accountability of the support programme, we were commissioned in 2009 to undertake the annual review of the programme.
We undertook a complete progress review and provided suggestions for amendments to the project methodology, documentation and funding procedures. We also designed a risk register and gave recommendations on how future anti-corruption work could be incorporated into a broader demand-side accountability programme. Such an external review is important to maintain the integrity of the programme and refine it, in order to improve Malawi’s efforts to tackle corruption.
