Curbing Corruption in Tsunami Relief Operations: Proceedings of the Jakarta Expert Meeting organized by the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific and transparency International, and hosted by the Government of Indonesia

Abstract

Affected countries should exercise effective leadership over their humanitarian relief and reconstruction and should be enabled to do so. To this end, governments of affected countries, in dialogue with local communities, civil society, donors and the private sector, should commit themselves to translate their national reconstruction strategies into prioritized, results-oriented operational programs and take the lead in coordinating the aid they receive in conjunction with other ongoingdevelopment programs. Donors should commit themselves to respect affected countries’ leadership in relief and reconstruction efforts and help strengthen their capacity to exercise it; they should further align with affected countries’ strategies and base their overall support on these countries’ national reconstruction efforts.