Bureaucratic and Political Corruption in Africa

The Public Choice Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3910555
AutoresPierre Englebert (0000-0002-7116-7647), John Mukum Mbaku (0000-0003-2584-013X)
Ano2001
Volume34
Fascículo2
Páginas502
Data de publicação2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3097546
OpenAlexW587023681
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13

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