Robert Klitgaard Libros

Offers a novel way to defeat corruption on the local level even in the most adverse settings. Case studies from New York, Hong Kong, and La Paz, Bolivia, show how seemingly hopeless problems can become the catalysts of successful reform. Tells how to diagnose municipal corruption, involve citizens and government employees in finding solutions, attack corruption from an economic approach, and prevent corruption. Klitgaard is dean and professor of international development and security at the RAND Graduate School. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This is an account of the author’s two-and-a-half year adventure in Equatorial Guinea, and his efforts to get this small bankrupt African nation on the path of structural development.