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Is Corruption Curable?

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Khalid Sekkat

    1. Centre Emile Bernheim, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Explores how politics, justice, media and education constitute the main components of an effective anti-corruption strategy

  • Uses examples to show how some countries which were previously among the most corrupt are now among the least corrupt

  • Draws on formal economic studies (including theoretical and empirical models), but is non-technical in order to allow the reader understanding the problem without specific knowledge in mathematics or econometrics

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Corruption, Extent, Causes and Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4
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    2. Definition, Amount, and Coverage

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      Pages 5-37

    3. Measurement Issues

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      Pages 39-69

    4. Causes

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      Pages 71-118

    5. Consequences

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      Pages 119-159

  3. Anti-corruption Strategies: The Role of the State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-164
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    2. Democracy

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      Pages 165-177

    3. Electoral Rules

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      Pages 179-188

    4. Decentralization

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      Pages 189-201

    5. Regulation

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      Pages 203-210

    6. Justice

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      Pages 211-230

    7. Specialized Anti-corruption Agencies

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      Pages 231-239

    8. Incentives and the Corruption Market

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      Pages 241-264

    9. International Cooperation

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      Pages 265-277

  4. Anti-corruption Strategies: The Role of Civil Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-281
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    2. Civil Society and the Media

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      Pages 283-297

    3. Civil Society and the Specific Role of ICT

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      Pages 299-309

    4. Civil Society and the Role of Education

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      Pages 311-335

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 337-354
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About this book

This book explores how corruption is now widely recognized as a major “disease” which threatens not only economic development but also the foundations of societies. As well as examining the causes and consequences of corruption, this book also offers a deep analysis of possible cures. It discusses the solutions that have been adopted in different countries and at the international level in order to curb corruption. Previous analyses have focused mainly on the causes and consequences of corruption but by analysing the different solutions that have been adopted around the world, and the reason of their successes or failures, this book seeks to help national and international policy makers in setting an effective anti-corruption strategy. 


The book will be of particular interest to researchers, students, scholars and practitioners working on corruption.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre Emile Bernheim, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Khalid Sekkat

About the author

Khalid Sekkat is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Brussels, Belgium, and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Technics in Morocco. He has previously published around 10 books and several of his articles on development economics have appeared in leading journals including the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Development Economics.

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