Supporting the Global Fund to fight fraud.

摘要

The idea seemed sensible enough. As a multilateral aid agency, be active in rooting out corruption, be transparent about your findings, and act swiftly to correct any problems. What could go wrong? Sadly, a lot, if donors start backing out of commitments. Last week, Germany's Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, announced that the country will suspend its payments to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria until it gets answers about the corruption allegations recently reported by the Associated Press (AP). AP had, in fact, re-reported last year's findings from the Global Fund's Inspector General's office-its own independent unit that was set up in 2005 to fight fraud-which found that Fund grants had been misused in Djibouti, Mali, Mauritania, and Zambia. The report was published online in October, 2010, with a response from the Fund.