The F Word - Fighting Fraud in the Humanitarian and Global Development Sector (Electronic book text, New edition)

There are an estimated 40,000 international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), working in a global aid industry to which the top ten donor countries gave GBP63bn last year. This is supplemented by huge voluntary giving - the UK public alone give nearly GBP1bn a year. These organisations face a unique challenge from fraud and corruption. Operating in the world's most under-developed and fragile environments, with minimal infrastructure and trust-based cultures, the risk is high. And, being wholly reliant on donors and supporters for income, so are the stakes. Researchers make different estimates of the scale of fraud and corruption facing the sector. A recent study estimated the annual cost to UK charities (including UK-registered international NGOs) at GBP1.65bn, while other statistics imply that at least GBP3bn of the world's official aid budget, and about GBP46m of the British public's voluntary overseas donations, are lost to occupational fraud and abuse. For sector professionals working in the developing world, these figures are readily believable. The F Word: Fighting Fraud in the Humanitarian and International Development Sector by Oliver May is a timely, accessible and relevant how-to guide, which will explore the scale and nature of the threat, debunk pervasive myths about fraud and corruption in the humanitarian and international development community, and show readers how to help their organisations to better deter, prevent, detect and respond to fraud and corruption.