Anti-Corruption Flaws and Failures

Anti-corruption has always failed because those claiming to fight corruption has always fought it from top-down and not from bottom-up - at the grassroot level. Corruption can only be fought head-on with a meaningful success if a holistic approach is adopted and made country-based. My two investigations in Africa were able to reveal the flaws inherent on top-down approach in measuring corruption. Anti-corruption agencies often concentrate on those who have never had an encounter with corruption. I did critique this flaw with Transparency International -Corruption Perception Index and the Bribe Payers' Index, for having interviewed only a group of selected managers and executives.

With the escalation of corruption, there is an urgent need to drastically reduce the number of agencies and organisations who claim to be fighting corruption, especially in Africa. For instance, the developed countries anti-corruption policies can never be super-imposed or adopted wholly in Africa. Countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America should design and formular anti-corruption policies which suit their domain. This is the only way corruption could be fought locally.