provides evidence, and evidence are crucial to set policies, monitor progress and evaluate results. Africa Development … Indicators 2010 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available. It puts together data from different … sources, and is an essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and other people interested in Africa. The opening articles …

The corruption that often captures newspaper headlines and provokes worldwide public disapproval is dominated by loud … 'big-time corruption,' notably administrative and political corruption at the highest government levels. In response to … this notoriety, the bulk of anti-corruption measures have been tailored to address this type of corruption. However, recent …

"This paper examines the impact of reducing corruption and improving transparency to lower trade costs in the Asia … corruption. Results suggest that trade in the region would increase by 11 percent and global welfare would expand by …

half-way to the level in South Africa is more important than a substantive cut in tariff barriers. As an example, improving … logistics in Ethiopia half-way to the level in South Africa would be roughly equivalent to a 7.5 percent cut in tariffs faced by …