عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA108109
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Corruption and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Stuart S. Yeh
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill | Nijhoff
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The World Bank and IMF attribute underdevelopment in sub-Saharan Africa to the practice of directing economic activity through centralized planning. They prescribe privatization and economic liberalization to restructure African economies, promote competition, reduce the scope for corruption, and promote good governance. However, inadequate checks on political power permit African elites to subvert these reforms. This article reviews the political economy of sub-Saharan countries as well as a case study of Sierra Leone to illustrate the problem. The analysis suggests the need for an international agency such as the UN to provide the capacity to investigate, expose and check corruption by employing UN inspectors who are immune to pressure from powerful African elites. This type of check on corruption is necessary to promote the rule of law in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank and IMF attribute underdevelopment in sub-Saharan Africa to the practice of directing economic activity through centralized planning. They prescribe privatization and economic liberalization to restructure African economies, promote competition, reduce the scope for corruption, and promote good governance. However, inadequate checks on political power permit African elites to subvert these reforms. This article reviews the political economy of sub-Saharan countries as well as a case study of Sierra Leone to illustrate the problem. The analysis suggests the need for an international agency such as the UN to provide the capacity to investigate, expose and check corruption by employing UN inspectors who are immune to pressure from powerful African elites. This type of check on corruption is necessary to promote the rule of law in sub-Saharan Africa.
SET
Date of Publication
2011
Physical description
187-208
Title
African Journal of Legal Studies
Volume Number
4/2
International Standard Serial Number
1708-7384
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
corruption
Subject Term
development
Subject Term
economics
Subject Term
IMF
Subject Term
political economy
Subject Term
sub-Saharan Africa
Subject Term
World Bank
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Stuart S. Yeh
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/170873811X577870
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مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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