Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

and increase foreign investment. Some reforms are needed to improve governance, reduce corruption, respect for laws, and … 2001 is resulting from wars, political and social instability and corruption. This paper suggests some solutions to attract …

Contrary to the currently dominant view, it was not poor governance nor the associated corruption which were the prime … causes of the development of poor public sector financial management in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was the economic problems … sector financial management and governance. The economic problems primarily arose from external events over which African …

Summary Efforts to explain corruption have increased dramatically in recent years. The interest stems from the … increasing weight economists assign to corruption when explaining economic growth. A great deal of the research focuses on how … political institutions influence perceptions of corruption. We move this debate in a new direction by addressing a previously …

Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer … governance constraints, and corruption in particular, is a key determinant of a country's global competitiveness. These findings … institutions, iii) a challenge within public sectors, and, iv) divorced from global governance or security issues - seen as …

This paper analyses how the quality of governance, the size of public spending, and economic development affect the … governance shapes the efficiency of public spending, which in turn, determines the growth effects of corruption. Specifically …-maximising level of corruption is possible. This paper also finds that the incidence of corruption declines with economic development …

Indeed, the recent emphasis on eco-political governance in Nigeria is unique in that it was initiated by external … participatory e-development and traditional development strategies should not be seen as mutually exclusive but rather complementary …

and corruption not only remain, they have become the primary development challenges of the 21st century. In particular … institutions and governance to provide citizen security, justice and jobs is crucial to break cycles of violence while stimulating … development in Africa. Furthermore, defeating a terrorist network requires African nations to work with international partners to …

This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time … of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. We assign these individual … measures of governance to categories capturing key dimensions of governance, and use an unobserved components model to …