Daily life in Africa is governed by the 'petty' corruption of public officials in services such as health, transport, or the judicial system. This remarkable st

African states are often called corrupt, indicating that the political system in Africa differs from the one prevalent in economically advanced democracies. Thi

This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.

This book offers a new understanding of the workings of the everyday Ethiopian state through analysis of the everyday politics of state-society relations.

Economic growth's effects on government efforts to combat citizen-facing, public-service corruption varies in a puzzling way across services. Over two high-grow