This document outlines a research project to develop a comprehensive framework for reducing corruption through supply-side and demand-side interventions. The project will analyze corruption related to Canadian mining and gas operations in Tanzania, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. The research team will use questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups to evaluate linkages between corruption, corporate social responsibility initiatives, stakeholder engagement, and oversight. The project aims to help extractive companies better assess political risks and develop effective anti-corruption policies, while also providing recommendations for host governments and scholarly research on political risks and corruption. Findings will be presented at workshops in Africa and Canada to validate conclusions and develop practical recommendations.

1. Developing a Comprehensive
Framework for Reducing
Corruption Through Both
Supply Side And Demand Side
Interventions

2. Research Team
• Rick Stapenhurst (McGill University) – Principal Investigator
• Emine Sarigollu (McGill University)
• Myung-Soo Jo (McGill University)
• Fahri Karakas (University of East Anglia)
• Rasheed Draman (ACEPA)
• Mitchell O’Brien (World Bank)
Collaborators
• Wayne Dunn (CSR Training Institute)
• Jeffrey Davidson (Canadian Government)

3. Purpose.
CORRUPTION
Analyze Supply & Demand
Side
Canadian Mining/Gas
Operations
Tanzania Ghana Burkina Faso

4. Objectives. 1. Link
corruption, CSR
initiatives,
stakeholder
engagement
with oversight

5. Objectives. 1. Link
corruption, CSR
initiatives,
stakeholder
engagement
with oversight
2. Reactivity of
corporate anti-
corruption
programs and
CSR activities

6. Objectives. 1. Link
corruption, CSR
initiatives,
stakeholder
engagement
with oversight
2. Reactivity of
corporate anti-
corruption
programs and
CSR activities
3. Examine role
of host
government

7. Objectives. 1. Link
corruption, CSR
initiatives,
stakeholder
engagement
with oversight
2. Reactivity of
corporate anti-
corruption
programs and
CSR activities
3. Examine role
of host
government
4. Provide ways
to manage
political risks
and corruption

8. Objectives. 1. Link
corruption, CSR
initiatives,
stakeholder
engagement
with oversight
2. Reactivity of
corporate anti-
corruption
programs and
CSR activities
3. Examine role
of host
government
4. Provide ways
to manage
political risks
and corruption
5. Advise ways
to develop
appropriate
public policies
regarding
corruption

9. Theoretical Framework.

10. • The project will use a comparative case study approach to:
Research Approach.
Develop and assess overall model
Evaluate linkages
Develop recommendations

11. Methods.
Stage 1
General Questionnaire to all
Canadian mining companies
operating overseas

12. Methods.
Stage 2
Key Informant Interviews
Stage 1
General Questionnaire to all
Canadian mining companies
operating overseas

13. Methods.
Stage 2
Key Informant Interviews
15 in each country
45 in total
Stage 1
General Questionnaire to all
Canadian mining companies
operating overseas
Industry, government,
parliamentarians

14. Methods.
Stage 2
Key Informant Interviews
15 in each country
45 in total
Stage 1
General Questionnaire to all
Canadian mining companies
operating overseas
Stage 3
Focus Groups
Industry, government,
parliamentarians

15. Methods.
Stage 2
Key Informant Interviews
15 in each country
45 in total
Stage 1
General Questionnaire to all
Canadian mining companies
operating overseas
Stage 3
Focus Groups
100 in each country
300 in total
Local stakeholders
Industry, government,
parliamentarians

16. Expected outcomes.
Social OutcomesSocial Outcomes
1. Help extractive companies better
assess micro-political risks
2. Develop successful and proactive
corporate policies to mitigate
corruption

17. Expected outcomes.
Scholarly Outcomes
1. Create knowledge of political risk
assessment, corruption, corporate
policies, and host country stakeholder
2. Deliver advice in to how to develop
effective policies and programs

18. Dissemination.
Two Validation
Seminars/
Workshop in West
and East Africa

19. Dissemination.
Two Validation
Seminars/
Workshop in West
and East Africa
Larger
Seminar/Conferenc
e in Canada

20. Dissemination.
Two Validation
Seminars/
Workshop in West
and East Africa
Larger
Seminar/Conferenc
e in Canada
Purpose of workshop:
to present findings,
validate conclusions
and to develop
practical
recommendations

21. Dissemination.
Two Validation
Seminars/
Workshop in West
and East Africa
Larger
Seminar/Conferenc
e in Canada
Case Studies and
practitioner
handbooks
Purpose of workshop:
to present findings,
validate conclusions
and to develop
practical
recommendations

22. Dissemination.
Two Validation
Seminars/
Workshop in West
and East Africa
Larger
Seminar/Conferenc
e in Canada
Case Studies and
practitioner
handbooks
Purpose of workshop:
to present findings,
validate conclusions
and to develop
practical
recommendations
Disseminated to
extractive companies
operating in Africa,
mining and business
associations, and
African governments
and parliaments