Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how best to design, implement and assess
accounting reforms in Africa. Design/methodology/approach A cross-disciplinary literature …

Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses
on'democratic deficits', reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state …

Corruption is a threat to democracy and economic development in many societies. It arises
in the ways people pursue, use and exchange wealth and power, and in the strength or …

The expansion of democracy in the world has been paradoxically accompanied by a decline
of political trust. By looking at the trends in political trust in new and stable democracies over …

The growing empirical literature on political corruption shows trust (interpersonal and
political) to be both cause and consequence of corruption: a conclusion that largely builds …

Since it was first published in 1991, The Ethics Challenge in Public Service has become a
classic text used by public managers and in public management programs across the …

Increasingly it is argued that anti-corruption efforts have not worked because they are based
on inadequate theory, suggesting that collective action theory offers a better understanding …

Strike up a conversation with a citizen from the post-communist region and invariably the talk
will turn to the topic of corruption-the misuse of public power for private gain. People are …

The paper studies the link between corruption and social capital (measured as trust), using
data from a lab experiment. Subjects play either a harassment bribery game or a …

Despite accounting being often seen as a crucial ingredient in economic and social
development for African countries with pressing needs to meet development challenges …