Development Sector Organisations (DSOs) have been at the forefront in achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, while tackling diverse social and environmental issues globally. The size and scale of global DSO operations is at an all-time high and given the global focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, role of these organisations, including the private sector is expected to strengthen future commitments for sustainable development of the society at large.
However, with the increasing resource commitments, there is a corresponding heightened risk of fraud, corruption, and abuse. Our experience of working with the DSOs globally shows that as organisations prepare to meet the growing demand with the available resources and overwhelmed systems, fraud and corruption risks cripple the efforts of these organisations to achieve the developmental goals.