Research Staff

David Aled Williams

Senior Program Advisor (U4)
Latest
Projects

Current projects

Aug 2018 - Nov 2023

Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC)

Feb 2002 - Dec 2021

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

Oct 2017 - Oct 2019

Green economy, low carbon development and international climate change policy

Completed projects

Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

Third Independent Review of the Indonesia-Norway Cooperation on REDD+

Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

Corruption and the illegal caviar trade

Nov 2017 - Nov 2017

Corruption and Commodity Trading

Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

Corruption and private, state-backed debts in Mozambique: What can external actors do?

Sep 2015 - Apr 2016

Reducing corrupt practices in environmental decision-making

Sep 2015 - Nov 2015

Workshop on anti-corruption in the Albanian public sector

Nov 2011 - Oct 2014

REDD Integrity

Jun 2013 - Oct 2013

Using Corruption Risk Assessments for REDD+ - An Introduction for Practitioners

May 2011 - Jun 2011

Seminar on corruption and anti-corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

Risk assessment of Norwegian support for development of Afghan hydro/carbon sector

Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

Natural resources, corruption and trust

May 2008 - Dec 2008

Workshop on building civil society for anti-corruption reform in Macedonia

Publications

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Journal Articles

Books and Anthologies

Book Chapters

Reports

CMI Reports

U4 Publications

Other External Publications

Conference Papers/ Presentations

Newspaper Op-Eds

Popular Presentations and Lectures

U4 Workshops

Summary

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Political scientist focusing on aid, corruption, governance, and natural resources, particularly political economy and political ecology approaches to the forestry sector and extractive industries.

I focus on the uneven politics of natural resource-driven development, with a particular interest in issues of corruption, access, legitimation and control in the forest and extractive sectors. I have a country focus on Indonesia and experience from assignments in Albania, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Macedonia, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, and Zambia. I am co-editor of the books: "Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges" (with Prof. Tina Søreide, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) and "Corruption, Natural Resources and Development: From Resource Curse to Political Ecology" (with Prof. Philippe Le Billon, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017). I was previously Senior Research Coordinator at the global anti-graft NGO Transparency International based in Berlin. I hold a BA in the History of Ideas and English Literature from the University of Wales, Cardiff, and an MA in International Relations from the University of Kent. I am engaged in a part-time PhD at SOAS University of London, Department of Development Studies, supervised by Prof. Peter P. Mollinga. The PhD thesis provides a political ecology perspective on REDD+ in Indonesia, with fieldwork in Jakarta and Central Sulawesi (local affiliation with Tadulako University, Palu). I am currently Research Coordinator for the five-year USAID-funded project Targeting Natural Resource Corruption, working with consortium partners WWF-US, George Mason University and TRAFFIC.

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