Corruption and Development

This book provides a multidisciplinary interrogation of the global anti-corruption campaigns of the last ten years, arguing that while some positive change is observable, the period is also replete with perverse consequences and unintended outcomes. Contributors to the volume unravel the normative assumptions, power relationships and problems of intervention within anti-corruption campaigns in development theory and practice; evaluate and deconstruct donor policy in the area of anti-corruption; and look at new institutional initiatives to build transparency and accountability in government.

SARAH BRACKING is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development at the University of Manchester, UK, where she teaches courses on the political economy of development, and politics and development. Her research focuses on the politics of development in Sub-Saharan Africa and the political economy of development finance.

PART I: INTRODUCTION * Political Development and Corruption: Are Governments More Corrupt Than They Used to Be?–S.Bracking * The Limits of a Global Crusade Against Corruption–K.Ivanov * Economic Models of Corruption–V.Fitzsimons * PART II: DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION * Tickling Donors and Tackling Opponents: The Anti-Corruption Crusade in Malawi–D.Hall-Matthews * Fighting Public Sector Corruption in Ghana: Does Gender Matter?–N.A.Alolo * Multilateral Anti-corruption Policy for Fiscal Governance in Emerging Economies–C.Santiso * Political Corruption and Manipulation in India’s Poverty Reduction Policy–N.Mukherjee * Contextual Rationality in Donor E-government Anti-Corruption Initiatives–R.Heeks * Accountability in Development Finance: Between the Market and a Soft Place–S.Bracking * PART III: PUBLIC POLICY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION * Corruption Scandals, Anti-Corruption Policy and Institution Building in Jamaica–P.Osei * Institutional Anti-Corruption Authorities in Nigeria (ICPC and EFCC): Breaking the Cycle of Political Corruption?–A.Momoh & P.Okojie * Political Finance and Corruption in Southern Africa: Best Practices or Muddling Through?–B.Speck * The Philippine Culture of Corruption–E.Co * Challenges of Anti-Corruption Policies in Post-Communist Countries–A.Zagainova * Political Corruption in Georgia–N.Dadalauri * PART IV: CONCLUSION * The Unhappy Marriage of Anti-Corruption Policy and Political Development–S.Bracking & K.Ivanov