Publication

The present working paper considers the Cotonou Agreement’s linking between corruption and development. It provides a legal examination of how the obligation to observe ‘good governance’ (and thus the obligation not to engage in corruption) is laid down in the Agreement (section 2), and it analyzes how sanctions may be introduced where a party has failed to comply with the obligation (section 3). The question of misappropriation of development assistance gives rise to the delicate question of whether the donors should trust or control the recipients’ use of the means.