Corruption and Development Aid: Confronting the Challenges - Softcover

Cremer, Georg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588265714 ISBN 13: 9781588265715

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Although corruption has always been a quietly recognized aspect of development aid programs, the taboo against openly discussing it is only now being widely overcome. Georg Cremer systematically addresses the subject, exploring the nature and impact of corruption, the conditions under which it is most likely to take hold, and the strategies that can enable aid organizations, both NGO's and those in the state sector, to limit the risk.This is a systematic study of the nature and impact of corruption in development aid programs, the conditions under which it is most likely to take hold, and the strategies that can enable aid organizations to limit the risk.

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About the Author

Georg Cremer is secretary general of Caritas Germany and associate professor of economics at the University of Freiburg. He has been extensively involved with aid programs in both Asia and eastern Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588265714
• ISBN 13: 9781588265715
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 150