Policy Brief 4: Social norms, mental models and other behavioural drivers of petty corruption

• DOI: 10.12685/bigpb.4.1-4
• Publication Date: 2022-02-01T10:07:47Z
• Authors: Claudia Baez Camargo; Saba Kassa
• Keywords: Language Change

This policy brief summarises the main findings and lessons learned from research on corruption, social norms behaviours in Tanzania. While show that petty corruption is prevalent results inequitable public service delivery, they also inform citizen officials’ attitudes towards are shifting as a result of changes political environment.
 The evidence furthermore suggests effectiveness conventional anti-corruption approaches may be enhanced by incorporating behavioural insights about entrenched collective understandings associated with practices bribery favouritism.