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.
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Peiffer, Caryn and Rose, Richard ![]() | Item type: | Monograph(Working paper) |
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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: | 03 Jan 2021 02:48 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/52963 |
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