"This book suggests how high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government … from payoffs. Corruption is not just an economic problem, however; it is also intertwined with politics. Reform may require …

This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate … whether African democracies enjoy relatively better government quality compared to their counterparts with more autocratic …-levels, legal-origins, religious-dominations and press-freedom to account for government quality dynamics, of corruption …