Corruption in aid and humanitarian operations: The role of middlemen and local partners

Donors often depend on middlemen and local partners in aid and humanitarian operations. A number of incidents have shown that being dependent on middlemen and local partners makes the operations vulnerable to corruption. How much do we know about the money flow when it has to pass through local mediators? Are they committed to transparency?

Helge Kvamme is partner PwC and in charge of the Corruption and Crime Department.