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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791243203321

Titolo

Africa Development Indicators 2010: Silent and Lethal : : How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa's Development Efforts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-65740-2

9786612657405

0-8213-8203-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Africa Development Indicators

Disciplina

330.19

Soggetti

Health Monitoring and Evaluation

Health, Nutrition and Population

Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacoeconomics

Poverty Monitoring and Analysis

Poverty Reduction

Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures

Africa Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Basic indicators and national and fiscal accounts -- pt. 2. Millennium development goals -- pt. 3. Development outcomes.

Sommario/riassunto

Reliable quantitative data are essential for understanding economic, social and governance development because it provides evidence, and evidence are crucial to set policies, monitor progress and evaluate results. Africa Development Indicators 2010 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available. It puts together data from different sources, and is an essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and other people interested in Africa. The opening articles of the ADI 2010 print edition focus on behaviors that are difficult to observe and quantify, but whose impact on service delivery and regulation has adverse long-term effects on households. The term "quiet corruption" is introduced to indicate various types of malpractice of frontline providers (teachers, doctors, and other government officials



at the front lines of service provision) that do not involve monetary exchange. The prevalence of quiet corruption and its long-term consequences might be even more harmful for developing countries, and for the poor in particular who are more exposed to adverse shocks to their income and are more reliant on government services to satisfy their most basic needs.