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Building Indigenous Support: Fighting Corruption in Iraq

Rebuilding Iraq is no easy task, but it can be made more or less difficult by the key decisions made by U.S. policymakers. Considerations of "indigenous priorities and needs" are not merely polite gesture, they are essential to a plan’s very viability. After decades of failed development policies by way of the Washington Consensus, many in the economic community have learned that context does matter. Particularly in post conflict society, which lack institutional capacity, reforms that ignore indigenous priorities risk utter failure or unintended consequences such as the spread of further violence. Yet external actors can avoid falling into these traps by considering factors highlighted in a Bottom-Up Approach to institutional development, considering Second Best Institutions, and ensuring that there is domestic political will to maintain reforms. These strategies will never provide an easy solution to navigating the tension inherent in attempting to improve institutions in the developing world, but they do offer a starting place.