Combatting corruption in Latin America
By: edited by Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach.
Contributors: Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-; Espach, Ralph H.
Publisher: Published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Political corruption -- Latin America; Political corruption -- Latin America -- Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book is the product of a roundtable held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on September 25-26, 1996 ... . The papers and presentations assembled in this volume have been revised and updated ... The only paper included that was not originally presented ... is that of Alberto Ades and Rafael Di Tella"--P. ix-x.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Theoretical approaches to corruption and anti-corruption policies; title: The new economics of corruption / Alberto Ades and Rafael di Tella; title: Structural corruption and normative systems / Luis Moreno Ocampo; title: Corruption, accountability, and democracy in Italy / Luca Meldolesi; title: Is leaner government necessarily cleaner government? / Susan Rose-Ackerman; title: Part 2: Theory meets reality; title: High level political corruption in Latin America / Laurence Whitehead; title: Market reforms without transparency / Luigi Manzetti; title: Journalism and corruption in Brazil / Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva; title: The complexity of anticorruption policies in Latin America / Edmundo Jarquin and Fernando Carrillo-Flóres; title: Part 3: Views from three major organizations; title: The role of the World Bank in combating corruption / Ibrahim F. I. Shihata; title: Efforts of the U.S. Agency for International Development / Mark L. Schneider; title: Inter-American Development Bank initiatives against corruption / Stephen Quick.