Unit 1 Questions

Please answer each of the following questions.  If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

1. From your experience, as parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, or as ordinary citizens explain examples of public and private corruption?

2. Provide an example of each of the major classifications of corruption, bribery, nepotism, clientelism, etc.

3. Explain how embezzlement and extortion are different.

4. How has corruption impacted your nation most markedly?

Select Bibliography

Ackerman, Susan Rose. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform.  New York:  Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Ackerman, Susan Rose. The Challenge of Poor Governance and Corruption. Copenhagen Consensus Challenge Paper. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Consensus 2004, 2004.

Gray, C.W., Kaufman, D. (1998), “Corruption and Development”, Finance & Development, World Bank, Washington, DC.

Gupta, Sanjeev, Hamid Davoodi, and Rosa Alonso-Terme. "Does Corruption Affect Income Inequality and Poverty." IMF Working Paper 76(1998): 1-41.

Kaufmann , Daniel. "10 Myths About Governance and Corruption." Finance and Development (2005): 41-43.

Kaufmann , Daniel. Myths and Realities of Governance and Corruption. The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006. New York: World Economic Forum,          2006.

Pope, Jeremy. Transparency International. TI Sourcebook 2000 Confronting Corruption: The elements of a national integrity System. Berlin: Transparency International, 2000.

Svensson, Jakob. "Eight Questions About Corruption." Journal of Economic Perspectives 19(2005): 19-42. UNDP.

United Nations. Development Program. Anti Corruption Practice Note: Final Version. New York: UNDP, 2004.

United Nations. Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention. Global Programme Against Corruption. Vienna: UNODCCP, 2002.

Internet Resources

United Nations Manual on Anticorruption Policy
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/gpacpublications/manual.pdf