Table Of ContentINSTITUTIONS,
GOVERNANCE
AND THE CONTROL
OF CORRUPTION
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Kaushik Basu and Tito Cordella
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THEMIDDLEEASTECONOMIESINTIMESOFTRANSITION
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CORPORATESOCIALRESPONSIBILITYANDCORPORATEGOVERNANCE
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ISECONOMICGROWTHSUSTAINABLE?
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KEYNE’SGENERALTHEORYAFTERSEVENTYYEARS
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CORRUPTION,DEVELOPMENTANDINSTITUTIONALDESIGN
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IntheLightoftheExperienceofChinaandVietnam
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LATINAMERICANECONOMICCRISES
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TRADE,INVESTMENT,MIGRATIONANDLABOURMARKETADJUSTMENT
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Institutions,
Governance
and the Control
of Corruption
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KaushikBasu TitoCordella
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Thepromotionofsharedprosperityandthebattleagainstpovertyrequire
interventionstoreachouttothepoorandthedisadvantaged.Yettimeand
againwehaveseensucheffortfoiledordiminishedbycorruptionand
leakage.Thecreationofgoodgovernanceandinstitutionsandstructuresto
combatcorruptionrequiredeterminationandpassionbutalsointricate
designrootedindata,analysis,andresearch.Inthisbook,leading
researchersfromaroundtheworldbringtothetablesomeofthebest
availableideastohelpcreatebettergovernancestructures,designlawsfor
corruptioncontrol,andnurturegoodinstitutions.
Contents
1 Introduction 1
KaushikBasuandTitoCordella
2 Anti-corruptionInstitutions:SomeHistoryandTheory 15
AvinashDixit
3 CorruptionasaPoliticalPhenomenon 51
FrancisFukuyama
4 Corruption,OrganizedCrime,andMoneyLaundering 75
SusanRose-AckermanandBonnieJ.Palifka
5 ReflectionsonCorruptionintheContextofPolitical
andEconomicLiberalization 113
PranabBardhan
6 WhyisItalyDisproportionallyCorrupt?:AConjecture 133
DiegoGambetta
7 Cohesive Institutions and the Distribution
ofPoliticalRents:TheoryandEvidence 165
TimothyBesleyandHannesMueller
8 IfPoliticsistheProblem,HowCanExternalActors
bePartoftheSolution? 209
ShantayananDevarajanandStutiKhemani
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9 FightingPoliticalCorruption:EvidencefromBrazil 253
ClaudioFerrazandFredericoFinan
10 What Drives Citizen Perceptions of Government
Corruption?NationalIncome,PettyBribePayments
andtheUnknown 285
NancyBirdsall,CharlesKenny,andAnnaDiofasi
11 DoingtheSurveyTwo-Step:TheEffectsofReticence
on Estimates of Corruption in Two-Stage Survey
Questions 335
NonaKaralashvili,AartKraay,andPeterMurrell
Index 389
