Corruption in Africa : causes, consequences, and cleanups
"Corruption in Africa makes a significant contribution to the study of the impacts and eradication of corruption in African societies. John Mukum Mbaku offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes of public malfeasance in African countries and provides a number of practical and effective policy options for positive change. Mbaku demonstrates the destructive relationship between corruption and the abrogation of economic freedoms and entrepreneurship, a system that has clearly left Africa as one of the most deprived regions in the world. Utilizing the tools of public choice theory, the author emphasizes the important role that institutions have in corruption control and recommends reconstructive democratic constitutions as the most effective means of development."--Jacket
1 online resource (xviii, 382 pages)
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General introduction
Bureaucratic and political corruption : definitions and measurement
Corruption in Africa: an overview of causes and country experiences
The impact of corruption on the African economies
The international dimension of corruption
Corruption cleanups in Africa : traditional approaches
Corruption cleanups in Africa : lessons from public choice theory
Corruption cleanups in Africa : the role of institutions
Corruption cleanups in Africa : public financial management
Corporate governance and corruption
Corruption cleanups in Africa : a critique of advice from institutional experts
Democratic constitution making and state reconstruction in Africa : challenges and prospects
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010