Corruption and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Stuart S. Yeh
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill | Nijhoff
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متن يادداشت
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.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2011
توصيف ظاهري
187-208
عنوان
African Journal of Legal Studies
شماره جلد
4/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1708-7384
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اصطلاح موضوعی
corruption
اصطلاح موضوعی
development
اصطلاح موضوعی
economics
اصطلاح موضوعی
IMF
اصطلاح موضوعی
political economy
اصطلاح موضوعی
sub-Saharan Africa
اصطلاح موضوعی
World Bank
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