Research Catalog

Title

The many faces of corruption : tracking vulnerabilities at the sector level / edited by J. Edgardo Campos, Sanjay Pradhan.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Campos, J. Edgardo.
• Pradhan, Sanjay.

Description

xxxi, 447 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Developing countries > Economic policy > Moral and ethical aspects
• Corruption
• Economic development > Moral and ethical aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : tackling a social pandemic / J. Edgardo Campos and Vinay Bhargava -- 1. Corruption and pharmaceuticals : strengthening good governance to improve access / Jillian Clare Cohen, Monique F. Mrazek and Loraine Hawkins -- 2. Maximizing the performance of education systems : the case of teacher absenteeism / Harry Anthony Patrinos and Ruth Kagia -- 3. Crime and justice in the garden of Eden : improving governance and reducing corruption in the forestry sector / Nalin Kishor and Richard Damania -- 4. Corruption in the electricity sector : a pervasive scourge / Mohinder Gulati and M. Y. Rao -- 5. Making inroads on corruption in the transport sector through control and prevention / William D. O. Paterson and Pinki Chaudhuri -- 6. Corruption in the petroleum sector / Charles McPherson and Stephen MacSearraigh -- 7. Tackling corruption in the water and sanitation sector in africa : starting the dialogue / Janelle Plummer and Piers Cross -- 8. Exploring corruption in public financial management / William Dorotinsky and Shilpa Pradhan -- 9. Corruption in public procurement : a perennial challenge / Glenn T. Ware, Shaun Moss, J. Edgardo Campos and Gregory P. Noone -- 10. Combating corruption in revenue administration : an overview / Tuan Minh Le -- Combating corruption in revenue administration : the case of VAT refunds in Bolivia / Juan Carlos Zuleta, Alberto Leyton and Enrique Fanta Ivanovic -- 11. The challenge of combating corruption in customs administrations / Carlos Ferreira, Michael Engelschalk and William Mayville -- 12. Money laundering and corruption / Michael Levi, Maria Dakolias and Theodore S. Greenberg -- Conclusion : where to next? / J. Edgardo Campos, Sanjay Pradhan and Francesca Recanatini.

ISBN

• 9780821367254
• 0821367250
• 0821367269 (electronic)
• 9780821367261 (electronic)

LCCN

2006034749

OCLC

• ocm73927719
• 73927719
• SCSB-5932106

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries