Corruption, Development, and Underdevelopment
Author: Robin Theobald
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
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Underdevelopment and Corruption
Author: Edith Emilia Gomez Quintanilla
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 141
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this dissertation it is hypothesised that corruption is a function of economic development. This implies that before corruption can be reduced economic development is needed....
Technology and Corruption
Author: Austin Aneke
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2012-02-03
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1467883786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrica is today missing in the technology radar of the world, but very visible in the corruption index. This represents a clear road map to perpetual underdevelopment, subjugation, and perdition. While no country or continent has ever developed without recreating industrial revolution in its own way, African countries, by omission or commission are attempting to develop by embracing corruption and ignoring the revolutionary powers of science and technology. Africa cannot develop without their own well developed science and technology, and cannot develop with the level of corruption in the continent as we know it today. While western nations continue to advise African leaders to stop stealing the AID they send to them, they have never and will never advise them to embrace technology in order to create their own wealth. The author has done a great deal of work exposing the ills of African leaders and their western collaborators which brought Africa to her pitiable state of underdevelopment. Until corruption is greatly minimised in the continent and science and technology embraced; Africa will never achieve sustainable development. No one can do it for Africa except Africans themselves.
Corruption and Development
Author: Mark Robinson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-11-12
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1136322191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe problem of corruption is of central significance for the developmental prospects of poor countries. Corruption undermines development by siphoning off resources for infrastructures and public services and by weakening the legitimacy of the state. The volume will appeal to academics and policy-makers concerned with problems of governance and public management in developing countries, as well as specialists working on corruption and designing anti-corruption strategies.
Developing in Underdevelopment in Nigeria
Author: Tope Shola Akinyetun
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-09-13
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781537614960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe absence of social amenities as well as the prolonged challenges in social issues, majorly bothering on poverty, inequality and unemployment, has been on the rise in Nigeria. The potency inherent in her human and natural resources has thus not been fully exploited. This jinx of underdevelopment has not been broken and has invariably left development in the country a mirage. The merry-go-rounding around development and underdevelopment [as it were] has earned the country the status of a 'Third World Nation' characterized by pervasive poverty, disease pandemic, hunger and malnutrition, unemployment, child mortality, low life expectancy, illiteracy, unequal trade exchange; lack of initiatives etc. Categorically, Nigeria's development in underdevelopment has been blamed on corruption stemming from the notion of 'national-cake' and resulting in economic-hemorrhage. The need to expose the 'culprit'-corruption, has driven me to embark on this academic voyage so as to provide transfusion for the country and resuscitate 'her' from the corruption-induced-coma; after all, the effects of the cankerworm are far-reaching; involving the economic, political and social realms. I strongly believe that readers of this academic work will not only be exposed to the meaning of corruption or how it has become so attractive in present day, they will also be informed about the cost and consequences of corruption, the various forms in which it is perpetuated and scholarly opinions about the concept. At the same time, readers will be equipped with the knowledge of how corruption has further exposed Nigeria to underdevelopment with particular references to poverty, inequality and unemployment, as well as ways in which the menace can be curbed.
A Political Economy of Corruption and Under-development
Author: Abdul-Razaq Afolabi Olopoenia
Publisher: Vantage Publishers International
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorruption and Poverty
Author: M.L. Narasaiah
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9788171419449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEveryday the community is being stunned as reports of irregular partices compete for press headlines. The impression is that bribary and corruption, is one form or another in both extensive and increasing; although systematic statistics in this area are rare for obvious reasons. What is corruption? This list of possibilities is extensive. It starts with the outright bribary of government officials and the more ambiguous question of political contributions; then there are a whole range of activities that could be considered to some degree corrupt covering such things as the misuse of company assets for political favours, kickbacks and production money for the police, payola to disc jockeys, sympathetic features articles in return for advertising revenue, free revenue, free junkets for MP s and journalists, secret, price-fixing agreement, obtaining parts in films for reasons not wholly related to acting ability, insider dealing of various kinds, as well as improper use of the old boy network. All these forms of behaviour have one thing in common. They are attempts to influence the outcome of a decision where the nature of that influence is not made public. Essentially the practices are nothing more or less than the abuse of power. There are several reasons for this spread of corrupt practices. First the concentration of power in larger and larger units; particularly when combined with rapid growth where the channels of accountability are underdeveloped. It is also widespread in mature Societies where highly developed networks attempt to preserve the status-quo and further their vested interests.
Corruption and Development in Nigeria
Author: Ọláyínká Àkànle
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-12-28
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 1000401189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite being Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, with abundant natural resources, Nigeria still faces substantial development challenges. This book argues that corruption lies at the heart of many of the country’s problems. Drawing on a range of different disciplinary perspectives, this volume explores the relationship between corruption and development, investigating the causes, contexts, and consequences of corruption, and the pathways for addressing it. As well as covering the wider background and theory surrounding corruption in the country, the book will investigate different sectors: the media, the judiciary, the health sector, industry, the criminal justice system, and of course politics and governance. The book concludes by considering attitudes and perceptions to corruption within Nigeria, current approaches to countering corruption, and future pathways to addressing the problem. This book’s critical investigation of the links between corruption and development in Nigeria will be of interest to researchers of corruption, development and African Studies, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, and local stakeholders.
Corruption, Development and Underdevelopment
Author: Robin Theobald
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1989-12-11
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1349204307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorruption, for most of us, almost immediately evokes images of the third world especially countries like Nigeria, Mexico and India. Whilst we may concede that corruption exists in developed countries it is generally thought to be under control. Despite such widely-held views there is very little hard evidence on the actual extent of corruption in any country. This book strives to look behind impressions in an attempt to determine what factors underlie the high profile of corruption in UDCs. For an adequate understanding of the phenomenon the global character of corruption is emphasized as well as the necessity of locating within a broader process of economic and social change.
Anatomy of Corruption
Author: M. Shahid Alam
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 17
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn examination and critique of the functionalist literature on corruption in the political administration of less developed countries (LDCs) indicate that its claims are without empirical foundation. Its theses with regard to the political, economic and administrative effects in most LDCs contrast with the facts. No benefits for development from corruption are found; market corruption, for example, does not appear to improve allocative efficiency. The erosion in a government's capacity to formulate and implement policies making for economic growth is an obstacle to economic progress.
