Political will and combatting serious organised crime
May 2022
Evidence Review Paper 01
Dr Iffat Idris, University of Birmingham
PUBLICATION SUMMARY
This evidence review paper explores the literature on political will and the five themes in the pilot phase of SOC ACE: i) political will and SOC; ii) political will, SOC, kleptocracy and illicit finance; iii) political will, SOC and sanctions; iv) political will and trafficking; v) political will, SOC and COVID-19. More broadly, the paper discusses definitions of political will, which generally refer to the willingness and commitment of decision-makers to carry out reforms or implement policies to address particular problems. It then focuses on numerous enabling factors, such as implementation capacity, quality of governance, organisational set-up and functioning and wider societal factors, as well as approaches to measurement of political will.
