Bureaucratic and Political Corruption in Africa

The Public Choice Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3910555
AutoresPierre Englebert (0000-0002-7116-7647), John Mukum Mbaku (0000-0003-2584-013X)
Año2001
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas502
Fecha de publicación2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3097546
OpenAlexW587023681
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

Since the 1970s, most countries in Africa have failed to make any significant improvements in the standard of living of their citizens. One of the most important reasons advanced to explain continued poverty and deprivation in the continent is pervasive corruption. Corruption, the subject of this book, has become quite pervasive in Africa and now constitutes an important development constraint. This book emphasizes the public choice perspective to corruption cleanups and thus, also presents the international dimension of corruption along with global efforts to tackle the problem

Bureaucracy · Economics · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Economic Growth and Development · Law · Public Administration