Washington, D.C. : Published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.

x, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

"This book is the product of a roundtable held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on September 25-26, 1996 ... . The papers and presentations assembled in this volume have been revised and updated ... The only paper included that was not originally presented ... is that of Alberto Ades and Rafael Di Tella"--P. ix-x.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Theoretical approaches to corruption and anti-corruption policies -- The new economics of corruption / Alberto Ades and Rafael di Tella -- Structural corruption and normative systems / Luis Moreno Ocampo -- Corruption, accountability, and democracy in Italy / Luca Meldolesi -- Is leaner government necessarily cleaner government? / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Part 2: Theory meets reality --High level political corruption in Latin America / Laurence Whitehead -- Market reforms without transparency / Luigi Manzetti -- Journalism and corruption in Brazil / Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva -- The complexity of anticorruption policies in Latin America / Edmundo Jarquin and Fernando Carrillo-Flóres -- Part 3: Views from three major organizations -- The role of the World Bank in combating corruption / Ibrahim F. I. Shihata -- Efforts of the U.S. Agency for International Development / Mark L. Schneider -- Inter-American Development Bank initiatives against corruption / Stephen Quick.

Political corruption -- Latin America.

Political corruption -- Latin America -- Prevention.

Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939- editor.

Espach, Ralph H., editor.

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1930365004 (hard : alk. paper)

9781930365018 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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