Corruption and Development in Africa: Lessons from Country Case Studies

✍ Scribed by Kempe Ronald Hope, Bornwell C. Chikulo

• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 331
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Concern over corruption in the Third World, and in Africa in particular, is receiving serious international attention. From being widespread it became systemic, and corruption in Africa has now reached cancerous proportions, with a demonstrable negative impact on the development process in the region. It undermines good government, fundamentally distorts public policy, leads to misallocation of resources, harms private sector development and economic growth, and significantly hurts the poor. Combating corruption therefore becomes a high priority in the quest for African development. Bringing together a distinguished cast of contributors, the book provides an authoritative and clear analysis of the theory, practice and impact on the development of corruption in Africa and offers a wide range of country case studies outlining its deleterious effects, the factors which have combined to hamper past efforts to combat it, the solutions required to succeed in the future and the context of their application in Africa.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
Part I Theoretical and Analytical Perspectives......Page 30
1 Corruption and Development in Africa......Page 32
2 The Political, Economic, and Cultural Bases of Corruption in Africa......Page 55
3 Kleptocracy and Reform in African Regimes: Theory and Examples......Page 72
4 Aid Abuse and Mismanagement in Africa: Problems of Accountability, Transparency and Ethical Leadership......Page 102
5 Combating Corruption in Africa: Analysis and Context......Page 119
6 Controlling Corruption in Africa: a Public Choice Perspective......Page 134
7 Western Policies and African Realities: the New Anti-Corruption Agenda......Page 152
Part II Country Case-Studies......Page 174
8 Corruption and Accumulation in Zambia......Page 176
9 Ghana: the Continuing Search for Cures in the Fight Against Corruption......Page 198
10 Controlling Corruption in Sierra Leone: an Assessment of Past Efforts and Suggestions for the Future......Page 213
11 Public Sector Corruption and its Control in South Africa......Page 233
12 Endemic Corruption in Cameroon: Insights on Consequences and Control......Page 249
13 Governmental Reforms and the Control of Corruption in Ethiopia......Page 276
14 Tackling the Corruption Epidemic in Nigeria......Page 295
15 Curbing Corruption through Democratic Accountability: Lessons From Botswana......Page 303
Index......Page 320