1 Civic Education for Combating Corruption: Lessons from Hong Kong and the US for Donor-Funded Programmes in Poor Countries Paper to be published in a Special Issue of Public Administration & Development on ‘Political Corruption’ in mid-2007 Dr Heather Marquette International Development Department School of Public Policy University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom Ph. + 44 (0)121 414 2296 Email: h.a.marquette@bham.ac.uk Keywords: corruption, civic education, citizenship, donor agencies, democratisation