Governance and Corruption in Developing Countries

Sylabus

Lecture 1

Governance and corruption:

·         Introduction, theories of governance corruption

·         Countries mix good and bad governance.

·         Deadline for 1st Assignment

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Lecture 2

Nature of corruption in developing countries

The concept of systematic corruption in developing countries

Understanding the causes and consequences of systematic corruption

Lecture 3

Exploitation of National Government:

Public sector corruption in developing countries (grand & petty corruption)

Measuring national corruption

Explaining national differences in corruption.      

Lecture 4

People’s perception of corruption at gross root level:

·         How people see institutions in developing economies

·         Why public services differ

·         Experience of bribery in different forms and theories of who pays bribers

·         Discuss 1st Assignment  

Working Seminar 1

Discussing the influence of colonial powers on today’s developing countries and theories of path dependency.  

Lecture 5

Corruption impact on public:

·         Theories of impact of corruption on citizens

·         Impact of corruption on voting behaviour

·         Reducing public spending, failure of foreign aid

·         Corruption reduces public trust on government officials.

·         Deadline for 2nd Assignment

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Working Seminar 2

·         Discussing why anti-corruption reforms fail in developing countries?

·         Discussing anti-corruption policies analysis (plurality of anti-corruption strategies)

Lecture 6

Corruption and human rights:

·         Concepts of relationship between human rights (with respect to human development) and corruption.

·         Discuss 2nd Asssignment  

Lecture 7

Governmental transparency:

Conditions for transparency, involve stakeholders, and anti-corruption policy analysis.

Deadline for 3rd Assignment

Working Seminar 3: Corruption and convergence of human development, discussing data from around the world during 1990-2012      

Lecture 8  

Curbing corruption:

·         Role of institutions

·         Anti-corruption legislations,

·         Focus on corruption pron public sectors,

·         Implications of good governance.

·         Discuss 3rd Assignment  

Seminar 4:  Discussing theories of exclusive and inclusive economic and political institutions and their effects on public policy.

Anotace

Important notes relevant to the course will be shared with the students. All the reading materials will be available on moodle for the students.