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Title: | Roots and remedies of governmental corruption in Africa |
Author: | Olowu, Dele |
Year: | 1992 |
Periodical: | Corruption and Reform |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 227-236 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | corruption decentralization |
Abstract: | Corruption in African States has many causes, but chief among them is the overcentralization of the State. Despite some early successes, overcentralization has pauperized the public sector and eroded commitment to reform and effective administration. It also fosters intense political struggles, on the part of the few with access to power, to win or maintain control of the State and its resources. Democratization offers important opportunities to improve this situation, so long as it is achieved through genuine decentralization of power. Other remedies include the restructuring of African public services, the review of Codes of Ethical Conduct, and the strengthening of both intragovernmental and external mechanisms to tackle corruption. Bibliogr., sum. |