Fighting Corruption in the Public Sector

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez is Professor of Economics and Director of the International Studies Program at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA. He has published numerous books and journal articles on fiscal management, fiscal decentralization, tax policy and administration, and public expenditure. He has directed, managed and served as a senior economist on policy reform projects in over 40 countries around the world. Javier Arze del Granado is an economist for the World Bank in Indonesia. Dr Arzes fields of expertise are fiscal reform, tax management, and government structure. He has ben involved in policy reform in a number of developing countries. Jameson Boex is Research Professor of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA. He specializes in the analysis of intergovernmental transfer arrangements and has led and contributed to policy reforms and research projects on intergovernmental fiscal relations, tax policy and fiscal management issues in more than a dozen transitional and developing countries.

• INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES.Preface. List of Figures. List of Boxes. List of Tables. Corruption, Fiscal Policy, and Fiscal Management. The Economics of Corruption. Regional Patterns of Corruption Around the World. Fiscal Dimensions of Corruption. Fiscal Response to Reduce Corruption. A Case Study in Corruption and Anticorruption Responses. Summary, Policy Lessons, and Practical Guidelines. References. Subject Index.