PublicationsThe U4 Blog

U4 Helpdesk Answer

Civil Society Anti-Corruption Initiatives in MENA Countries

Civil society faces specific challenges in the Arab world, including political and legal restrictions imposed on civil society organisations (CSOs) by mostly non-democratic governments and the fragmentation and general lack of cross-sector coordination of civil society efforts. In spite of these various constraints, there is considerable potential for impact by civil society on anti-corruption work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The growing number of anti-corruption initiatives and organisations from Algeria to Yemen demonstrate increased awareness of corruption issues and demand for change.

10 December 2007
Read onlineDownload PDF
Civil Society Anti-Corruption Initiatives in MENA Countries

Cite this publication


Chêne, M. (2007) Civil Society Anti-Corruption Initiatives in MENA Countries. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer Helpdesk 2007)

Read onlineDownload PDF
Marie Chêne

Disclaimer


All views in this text are the author(s)’, and may differ from the U4 partner agencies’ policies.

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Photo