1. Introduction. 2. The Dividends of Good Governance. 3. Strategies to Curb Corruption – the Role of the Legislature. 4. The Effectiveness of Legislative Oversight: the Case of Ghana and Nigeria in Comparative Perspective. 5. Legislative Corruption, Public Trust and Political Will. 6. Legislative Ethics. 7. Political Finance. 8. Conclusions. Expert Monograph: Putting a Stop to the Laundering of Corrupt Money.
Biography
Riccardo Pelizzo is a consultant at the World Bank Institute.
Frederick Stapenhurst is a Professor of Practice at McGill University and a consultant at the World Bank Institute.
“A government's effectiveness, and indeed its very legitimacy, depend on curbing legislative corruption. Pelizzo and Stapenhurst provide much-needed guidance for developed and developing countries alike.”
—Andrew Spalding, University of Richmond School of Law“Pelizzo and Stapenhurst continue their productive collaboration on the comparative study of corruption with this analysis of the role played by legislatures in curbing (as well as facilitating) corrupt practices. This book reviews and extends contemporary research on the subject and offers advice for using legislative institutions to improve governance.”
—Thomas Mann, Brookings Institution
