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Corruption in the Public Construction Sector

A Holistic View

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Authors:
  1. Ming Shan

    1. School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

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  2. Yun Le

    1. School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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  3. Albert P.C. Chan

    1. Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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  4. Yi Hu

    1. School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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  • Summarizes the specific forms of corruption in the public construction sector
  • Examines the principal causes of corruption in the public construction sector
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of the prevailing anti-corruption strategies in the sector
  • Develops a metric that can assess the potential of corruption in a given project
  • Investigates collusion, a typical form of corruption in the public construction sector

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 1-8

  3. Corruption in Construction: A Global Review

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 9-22

  4. Underlying Factors of Corruption in the Public Construction Sector

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 23-47

  5. Principal Causes of Corruption in the Public Construction Sector

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 49-77

  6. Effectiveness of Prevailing Anti-corruption Strategies

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 79-104

  7. Measuring Corruption in Public Construction Project: A Case of China

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 105-131

  8. Collusive Practices in Public Construction Projects: A Case of China

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 133-154

  9. Assessing Collusion Risks in Public Construction Projects: A Case of China

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 155-179

  10. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Ming Shan, Yun Le, Albert P. C. Chan, Yi Hu
    Pages 181-185
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This book is committed to provide a holistic view of corruption in the public construction sector, a sector that has been perceived as the most corrupt in the world. Relying on the new findings achieved from a series of qualitative and quantitative studies, this book unveils the specific forms of corruption, the principal causes of corruption, and the prevailing anti-corruption strategies that are used by the current practice. Furthermore, this book provides two metrics that can assess the potential of corruption and the risk of collusion in given public construction projects, respectively. This book will enhance industry and research communities’ understandings of corruption in the public construction sector. It is also informative to policy-makers and can help them come up with some more effective strategies to eliminate corruption in the public construction sector. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Ming Shan

  • School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Yun Le, Yi Hu

  • Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Albert P.C. Chan

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