Why Do Some Africans Pay Bribes While Other Africans Don’t?

Peiffer, Caryn and Rose, Richard (2014) Why Do Some Africans Pay Bribes While Other Africans Don’t? Working paper. Afrobarometer.

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Abstract

Generalizations about African societies being pervasively corrupt are refuted in this innovative paper. Among 25,397 Afrobarometer respondents in 18 countries, 26% report paying a bribe, while 74% do not. Five hypotheses offer explanations: institutional context, inequalities of socio-economic resources, social inclusion and exclusion, social and political capital, and conflicting norms. Multilevel statistical analysis identifies as most important: contextual differences in colonial legacies, ethnic politicization, service provision, press freedom, and having social or political capital. The analysis emphasizes studying behavior rather than perceptions of corruption and supports a public-policy focus on bribery as an exchange for specific public services.

Author(s):	Peiffer, Caryn and Rose, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-5271
Item type:	Monograph(Working paper)
ID code:	52963
Keywords:	African public officials, bribery in African states, social capital, political capital, Economic History and Conditions, Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform , Cultural Studies
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Economic History and Conditions Social Sciences > Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > Politics
Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
Date deposited:	11 May 2015 13:56
Last modified:	05 Dec 2019 05:11
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URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/52963
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