Corruption and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Corruption and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa "
Stuart S. Yeh

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064480
Doc. No	:	LA108109
Call No	:	‭10.1163/170873811X577870‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Stuart S. Yeh
Title & Author	:	Corruption and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa [Article]\ Stuart S. Yeh
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	African Journal of Legal Studies
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4/2
Page No	:	187–208
Abstract	:	The World Bank and IMF attribute underdevelopment in sub-Saharan Africa to the practice of directing economic activity through centralized planning. They prescribe privatization and economic liberalization to restructure African economies, promote competition, reduce the scope for corruption, and promote good governance. However, inadequate checks on political power permit African elites to subvert these reforms. This article reviews the political economy of sub-Saharan countries as well as a case study of Sierra Leone to illustrate the problem. The analysis suggests the need for an international agency such as the UN to provide the capacity to investigate, expose and check corruption by employing UN inspectors who are immune to pressure from powerful African elites. This type of check on corruption is necessary to promote the rule of law in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank and IMF attribute underdevelopment in sub-Saharan Africa to the practice of directing economic activity through centralized planning. They prescribe privatization and economic liberalization to restructure African economies, promote competition, reduce the scope for corruption, and promote good governance. However, inadequate checks on political power permit African elites to subvert these reforms. This article reviews the political economy of sub-Saharan countries as well as a case study of Sierra Leone to illustrate the problem. The analysis suggests the need for an international agency such as the UN to provide the capacity to investigate, expose and check corruption by employing UN inspectors who are immune to pressure from powerful African elites. This type of check on corruption is necessary to promote the rule of law in sub-Saharan Africa.
Descriptor	:	corruption
Descriptor	:	development
Descriptor	:	economics
Descriptor	:	IMF
Descriptor	:	political economy
Descriptor	:	sub-Saharan Africa
Descriptor	:	World Bank
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/170873811X577870‬