CORRUPTION: Victims, perpetrators and stereotypes

Corruption has been identified as one of the biggest obstacles to Africa’s social, economic and political development due to its negative effects on the continent’s stability. In a report presented in September 2002, the African Union (AU) estimated that corruption costs African economies in excess of US$148 billion a year. But how should corruption in Africa be viewed or addressed?
Looking through Other Origins of the Informal Economy in Africa, AU and NEPAD Anti-Corruption Measures, and examining the Nigerian Case Study, this file takes a hard look at those who lecture African nations on governance and corruption.