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From drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America, to violent extremism in the Horn of Africa, to insurgents in Colombia, to all three in Afghanistan and Pakistan, significant weaknesses in governance and economic development underlie many of the greatest security threats curr…

Evidence suggests that Community Driven Development (CDD) is an effective approach to involve communities in local development through decision-making and resource management on local projects. This paper examines if reducing corruption through top-down monitoring in CDD program…