Curbing Corruption: Toward a Model for Building National Integrity (Edi Development Studies)

After years of being treated as a taboo subject, the issue of corruption has begun to attract serious attention from the development community. Corruption is, in its simplest terms, the abuse of power most often for personal gain or for the benefit of a group to which one owes allegiance. This book achieves a balance between a theoretical and a practical discussion of corruption and its causes and remedies and explores the interaction between corruption and economic performance.