The main factors driving corruption in such projects are low transparency, a lack of community engagement, and limited accountability

Our research in Bangladesh identifies two practical ways to make climate change adaptation funding more effective. First, anti-corruption monitoring is more effective when led by locally influential households; secondly and more importantly, their involvement can be increased by designing adaptation projects to maximize “dual use,” ensuring that communities benefit now, (eg embankments doubling up as new roads) rather than just in the future.