Is Corruption Curable?

Khalid Sekkat is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Brussels, Belgium, and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Technics in Morocco. He has previously published around 10 books and several of his articles on development economics have appeared in leading journals including the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Development Economics.

• Introduction.- Part I: Corruption, extent, causes and consequences.- 1. Definition, amount and coverage.-  2. Measurement issues.- 3. Causes.- 4. Consequences.- Part II: Anti-corruption strategies: the role of the state.- 5. Democracy and corruption.- 6. Electoral rules.- 7. Decentralization.- 8. Regulation.- 9. Justice.- 10. Specialized anti-corruption agencies.- 11. Incentives and the corruption market.- 12. International cooperation.- Part III: Anti-corruption strategies: the role of civil society.- 13. The role of the civil society and the media.- 14. Civil society and the specific role of ICT.- 15. Civil society and the role of education.- Conclusion.