Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform by Susan Rose-Ackerman & Bonnie J. Palifka

Author:Susan Rose-Ackerman & Bonnie J. Palifka [Rose-Ackerman, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-03-17T03:00:00+00:00

Figure 10.2. Corruption Perceptions Index in four countries vs. world average.

Source: Based on data from Transparency International, “Corruption Perceptions Index,” various years. TI data used with permission.

Hence, there are common features of postconflict situations that are well known to generate corrupt incentives. These are overlaid in the individual cases with distinctive features of the postconflict environment and of underlying economic and social conditions. The common features are a government in power during the conflict that a portion of the population views as illegitimate and an urgent need to rebuild infrastructure and integrate former combatants.

To simplify, we characterize the cases in Table 10.1. As we will see, each case represents a somewhat different set of loci for postconflict corruption. The missing cases are power-sharing cases dominated by organized crime or resource rents. The former would imply a deal in which organized crime agrees to stay out of certain aspects of state functioning. The latter seems a plausible outcome in some cases although the presence of resource rents will raise the stakes and may make compromise less likely. We now proceed to consider how the nature of the postconflict regime affected the nature and extent of corruption in each case.

Table 10.1. Nature of postconflict regimes

Old elite in powerPower sharing

Organized crime Guatemala

Resource rents Angola

Poverty and influx of aid Mozambique Burundi

Source: Authors.

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