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 …

"This paper assesses corruption levels and trends among countries in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and …. Data from firm surveys tend to show improvement in most types of administrative corruption, but little change in "state … capture" in the region. Broader, subjective corruption indicators tend to show somewhat greater improvement in ECA than in non …