Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption (International Economic Association Series)

This book considers how emerging economies around the world face the challenge of building good institutions and effective governance, since so much of economic development depends on having these in place. The promotion of shared prosperity and the battle against poverty require interventions to reach out to the poor and the disadvantaged. Yet time and again we have seen such effort foild or diminished by corruption and leakage. The creation of good governance and institutions and structures to combat corruption require determination and passion but also intricate design rooted in data, analysis, and research. In this book, leading researchers from around the world bring to the table some of the best available ideas to help create better governance structures, design laws for corruption control, and nurture good institutions.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (Kaushik Basu, Tito Cordella)....Pages 1-13 Anti-corruption Institutions: Some History and Theory (Avinash Dixit)....Pages 15-49 Corruption as a Political Phenomenon (Francis Fukuyama)....Pages 51-73 Corruption, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering (Susan Rose-Ackerman, Bonnie J. Palifka)....Pages 75-111 Reflections on Corruption in the Context of Political and Economic Liberalization (Pranab Bardhan)....Pages 113-131 Why is Italy Disproportionally Corrupt?: A Conjecture (Diego Gambetta)....Pages 133-164 Cohesive Institutions and the Distribution of Political Rents: Theory and Evidence (Timothy Besley, Hannes Mueller)....Pages 165-208 If Politics is the Problem, How Can External Actors be Part of the Solution? (Shantayanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani)....Pages 209-251 Fighting Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil (Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan)....Pages 253-284 What Drives Citizen Perceptions of Government Corruption? National Income, Petty Bribe Payments and the Unknown (Nancy Birdsall, Charles Kenny, Anna Diofasi)....Pages 285-334 Doing the Survey Two-Step: The Effects of Reticence on Estimates of Corruption in Two-Stage Survey Questions (Nona Karalashvili, Aart Kraay, Peter Murrell)....Pages 335-387 Back Matter ....Pages 389-402 This book considers how emerging economies around the world face the challenge of building good institutions and effective governance, since so much of economic development depends on having these in place. The promotion of shared prosperity and the battle against poverty require interventions to reach out to the poor and the disadvantaged. Yet time and again we have seen such effort foiled or diminished by corruption and leakage. The creation of good governance and institutions and structures to combat corruption require determination and passion but also intricate design rooted in data, analysis, and research. In this book, leading researchers from around the world bring to the table some of the best available ideas to help create better governance structures, design laws for corruption control, and nurture good institutions--back cover