This policy brief presents the findings of a study on the effect of troop withdrawals in Aceh on the overall cost of illegal payments for trucks to transport goods, outlining the policy implications for the Government of Indonesia's ongoing commitment to combat corruption. The study utilized the opportunity presented by the withdrawal of troops immediately after the 2005 Helsinki peace accord to investigate patterns of price setting for these payments. The study was the first large-scale attempt to directly observe illegal payments in the field. Its findings demonstrate that to understand how to combat corruption in post-conflict contexts, it is necessary to understand the degree to which different actors collecting illegal payments are coordinating with each other and the mechanisms for coordination that they may use.
Policy briefs aim to disseminate widely research findings from the program's analytical work in Indonesia, with a focus on policy and program recommendations. The program produces two parallel series of briefings: "Understanding Conflict Dynamics and Impacts" and "Evaluations of Responses to Conflict". Each policy brief series is produced as part of the Supporting Post-Conflict Development in Indonesia project, funded by a grant from the Post Conflict Fund (PCF). This policy brief is the second of the program's dynamics and impacts series.
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