2^nd Semester

Since the mid 1990s corruption has emerged as an important topic on the international law of development.  Corruption in different contexts, business, politics and public sector, is seen as a major inhibiting factor affecting economic growth development.  As a result key institutions involved with the development agenda, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and donor agencies such as USAID, ’s DFID and others have got involved with the issue of combating corruption.  They have all adopted various strategies, especially public sector reform through the adoption of a model driven by the Weberian theory of public administration.  Alongside these developments we have seen active adoption of nine anti-corruption conventions at the regional and international level.  The module will critically examine the many strategies recommended and adopted by developing countries and gauge their impact by studying countries such as Tanzania and Kenya who have long been major recipients of donor funds.  The module will also place the debate surrounding reform in developing the wider context of neo-colonial studies.

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This module aims to provide students with a critical and advanced understanding of the impact of corruption on development and how the international community including donor agencies have tried to address the issue of corruption through various measures ranging from regulation and public sector reform to civil society engagement.  An important part of this module will be the use of case studies of developing countries in Africa and Asia to  understand the issues and the success of the reform measures undertaken.

Knowledge and Understanding

At the end of the course students should:

·             Be able to discuss and analyse concepts such as bribe, embezzlement, illicit enrichment, conditionalities found in development and corruption discourse

·             Have a good understanding of the nature and extent of corruption

·             Be able to critically evaluate the Weberian rational-legal model that has influenced much of the thinking surrounding the fight against corruption

·             Be able to critically analyse the key legislative provisions guiding anti-corruption measures

·             Be able to assess the historical and political background of public reforms

·             Be able to examine the role of donor agencies and civil society within the legal and public reform process

Skills

At the end of the course students should have furthered their command of the following skills, so you have the ability to:

·              Carry out research on a legal topic (with an interdisciplinary flavour) and use a variety of electronic and paper sources

·             Evaluate the methodological and ideological credence of those sources

·             Critically evaluate law, policy and Western-centric approaches to development

·             Appraise the impact of reforms

·             Construct a principled argument and to critically evaluate the arguments of others

·             Develop independence in thought and argument and the confidence to question their own views

·             Design proposals for new policy and law and to assess the practical impact of such proposals

·             What is Corruption?

·             Emergence as a Development Issue

·             Contribution of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Donor Agencies to the Fight Against Corruption

·             International and Regional Anti-Corruption Conventions

·             Assessment of Conditionality as a Tool

·             Post-Conditionality

·             Case Studies – and

8 x 3-hour seminars.  The seminars will be interactive and students will be expected to come prepared for the seminar and engage actively in discussions

Essential reading

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Mbaku, John Mukum Corruption in Africa ( Lexington Books, 2007)

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