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Author:   Tina Søreide ,  Aled Williams
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781782544401

ISBN 10:   1782544402
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   27 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Introduction Tina Søreide and Aled Williams PART I: GRABBING EXPLAINED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 1. Corruption and Collusion in Construction: A View from the Industry Jill Wells 2. Rents Extraction in the Sub-Saharan Africa Port Sector Gaël Raballand and Jean Francois Marteau 3. Resource Grabs Philippe Le Billon 4. Grabbing in the Education Sector Muriel Poisson 5. Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence Siri Gloppen PART II: GRABBING AT THE LEVEL OF SECTOR AND STATE FUNCTIONS IN A COUNTRY CONTEXT 6. Grabbing by Strangers: Crime and Policing in Kenya Jens Andvig and Tiberius Barasa 7. Grabbing Land in Malawi Blessings Chinsinga and Liam Wren-Lewis 8. Using Salaries as a Deterrent to Informal Payments in the Health Sector Ida Lindkvist 9. Financial Blood-letting in the Colombian Health System: Rent-seeking in a Public Health Insurance Fund Karen Hussman and Juan Carlos Rivillas PART III: WHEN POLITICAL GRABBING PREVENTS THE PERFORMANCE OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 10. Transport Infrastructure Failures in Spain: Mismanagement and Incompetence, or Political Capture? Germà Bel, Antonio Estache and Renaud Foucart 11. ‘Pay Up and Off You Go!’ Buying Political Positions in Bangladesh Inge Amundsen 12. Monopolizing Reconstruction: Angolan Elites and Chinese Credit Lines Lucy Corkin 13. ‘Grabbing’ an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda Svein-Erik Helle and Lise Rakner PART IV: RISK OF GRABBING DUE TO INTERACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 14. Elite Capture of Kabul Bank Arne Strand 15. Don’t Rock the Boat: Norway’s Difficulties in Dealing with Corruption in Development Aid Eirik Gjøstein Jansen 16. When Per Diems Take Over: Training and Travel as Extra Pay Ingvild Aagedal Skage, Tina Søreide and Arne Tostensen Index

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'Informative and refreshing, these short studies from around the world provide fertile ground for discussion, analysis and positive ways forward. In this book corrupt practices from around the world are examined by experienced practitioners and researchers who shed light on various forms of corruption.' - Adam Graycar, Australian National University ' Grabbing , as defined by Soreide and Williams is about more than corruption. It also includes attempts to benefit unduly at the expense of the state, including overly zealous efforts to limit taxes and regulatory costs and to influence political choices. This fascinating collection of real-world cases, presented crisply and clearly, is organized by sector, country, political influence, and international aid. It will give reformers a context for their own efforts and will help analysts trace general patterns and common pathologies.' - Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, US

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Edited by Tina Søreide, Professor of Law and Economics, Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway and Aled Williams, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway

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