Integrity as Infrastructure
A Governance-First Approach to Sustainable Development
For Development Partners, Donors, and Multilateral Institutions
Sustainable development does not fail for lack of funding, strategy, or technical expertise.
It fails when governance systems are weak, integrity is performative, and institutions cannot absorb, protect, or sustain reform.
McRollin exists to address this gap.
We work with donors, governments, and implementing partners to embed integrity as infrastructure—the systems, controls, incentives, and accountability mechanisms that allow development investments to deliver durable impact.
Why Governance Failure Undermines Aid Effectiveness
Across regions and sectors, development outcomes are undermined by recurring governance failures:
Leakage and misuse of public and donor funds
Procurement systems vulnerable to capture and emergency abuse
ESG and safeguard frameworks implemented in form but not substance
Digital and reform programmes deployed without accountability
Institutions that collapse once external support ends
These failures are not isolated incidents. They are structural.
Without integrity infrastructure, development gains are fragile, reversible, and reputationally risky.
McRollin’s work begins where many programmes struggle: translating governance principles into operational reality.
How McRollin Embeds Integrity into Delivery Systems
McRollin does not treat integrity as a compliance checklist or a reporting exercise.
We operationalise it as a delivery system.
Our approach integrates integrity into:
Governance design – decision rights, oversight structures, and accountability
Operational processes – procurement, financial flows, service delivery
Risk systems – corruption risk diagnostics and early warning mechanisms
Leadership and incentives – ethical leadership under real-world pressure
Measurement and assurance – integrity KPIs aligned with donor and ESG expectations
This ensures that donor-funded programmes do not simply deliver outputs, but strengthen institutions.
Alignment with International Standards and Donor Safeguards
McRollin’s methodologies are aligned with, and complementary to, leading global frameworks, including:
UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Integrity Frameworks
ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery) and ISO 37301 (Compliance Management)
ESG governance standards (ISSB / GRI – Governance Pillar)
Donor fiduciary risk, procurement, and safeguard requirements
We support donors in moving from compliance assurance to governance capability-building.
Governance & Integrity Architecture
McRollin practices what it advises.
Our own governance and integrity architecture is public, enforced, and auditable, including:
Governance & Integrity Charter
Code of Ethics
Conflict of Interest Policy
Independence & Non-Retaliation Policy
Data Integrity & Confidentiality Statement
🔗 [View McRollin Governance & Integrity Architecture]
This transparency protects donor partners, implementing institutions, and beneficiaries alike.
Flagship Point of View: Integrity as Infrastructure
McRollin’s flagship POV outlines why governance failures are the greatest development risk—and how integrity can be designed as infrastructure rather than aspiration.
Download the POV Report
“Integrity as Infrastructure: Why Governance Failures Are the Greatest Development Risk”
How Donors Engage with McRollin
McRollin works with donors through:
Governance and integrity diagnostics
Programme design and reform labs
Implementation support and institutional embedding
Capacity-building through McRollin Institutes
Independent integrity and risk advisory
We are selective in our partnerships and decline engagements that involve reputational laundering, box-ticking ESG, or politically captured reform.
McRollin’s Commitment
Integrity is not an add-on to development.
It is the foundation upon which sustainable impact is built.
McRollin exists to help development investments endure