Product Description

* Features a sectoral, rather than holistic, approach to examining the dynamics of corruption
* Contains lessons from national and international experience on best practices to contain corruption in these sectors
* Offers practical policy considerations to design effective anti-corruption strategies

Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon, but especially plagues developing countries and those in democratic transition. This timely collection presents a sector-by-sector analysis of the problems that stunt economic growth, distort governance, limit civic and democratic participation, and infuriate the populace.

In stark contrast to standard holistic studies of corruption, Fighting Corruption in Developing Countries argues that examining the issue through the lens of nine key development sectors--education, agriculture, energy, environment, health, justice, private business, political parties and public finance--will help us to understand the problem realistically and identify concrete initiatives that are likely to have an impact.

The book concludes with practical and policy-oriented suggestions for corruption control that minimize the risk of "recorrupting" forces that often threaten to reverse gains. Students, researchers, and practitioners interested in implementing effective and realistic solutions to fighting corruption will find this book essential reading.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #692274 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

About the Author
Bertram I. Spector is the Director of Management Systems International’s Center for Governmental Integrity in Washington, DC and Executive Director of the Center for Negotiation Analysis. He has over 30 years of consulting, research and practical field experience in anti-corruption and integrity programs, transparency and accountability programs, public policy mediation and negotiation, and conflict resolution and decision-making support in countries in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Dr. Spector has designed and conducted many corruption surveys and assessments and has coordinated closely on anti-corruption programs with the World Bank, US Agency for International Development, US State Department, OECD, Transparency International, UNDP, and the Council of Europe. Dr. Spector is the Editor-in-Chief of International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers). His most recent book is Getting It Done: Post-Agreement Negotiation and International Regimes (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2003, co-edited with I. W. Zartman). He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from New York University.