Corruption and fraud in agricultural and energy subsidies: identifying the key issues

This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines the prevalence of fraud and corruption within agricultural and energy subsidy programs, noting a disparity between the high funding of these programs and the low resources allocated for their monitoring.

• Governments allocate billions of dollars to publicly funded subsidy programs but fail to provide sufficient resources for the effective monitoring required to prevent corruption and fraud.
• Determining the actual impact of fraud and corruption on subsidy policy is challenging because governments frequently avoid publicizing these occurrences to prevent negative publicity or public concern regarding a lack of oversight.
• The GSI suggests that public cases of fraud and corruption can be used as a catalyst for policymakers to reform subsidy programs that are poorly designed or ineffective.

APA

Charles,, C. (2010). Corruption and fraud in agricultural and energy subsidies: identifying the key issues. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/corruption-and-fraud-agricultural-and-energy-subsidies-identifying-key-issues

Chicago

Charles,, Chris. Corruption and fraud in agricultural and energy subsidies: identifying the key issues. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2010. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/corruption-and-fraud-agricultural-and-energy-subsidies-identifying-key-issues.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{charles2010corruption, author = {Charles,, Chris}, title = {{Corruption and fraud in agricultural and energy subsidies: identifying the key issues}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2010}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/corruption-and-fraud-agricultural-and-energy-subsidies-identifying-key-issues}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }