Corruption, Sustainable Development and Security Challenges in Africa (eBook)

This book sheds light on Africa's development performance and dynamics arising from the interface between corruption and sustainable development on the one hand and the challenges that poses for peace, security and stability. Corruption also contributes to the spread of terrorism and violent extremism. Pervasive corruption networks often include politicians, civil servants working at all levels of state institutions, representatives of the private sector and members of crime syndicates. The consequences of corruption are detrimental in many aspects, such as undermining governments' ability to serve public interests and eroding public trust in democratic processes.

Presenting empirical evidence, the book explains why corruption and the looting of staggering amounts of national assets undermine the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has a negative impact on peace, stability, security, the rule of law, gender equality, the environment and human rights. This makes the book a must-read for students, researchers and scholars of political science, international relations, and economics in general, as well as African studies, development studies, and security sector studies in particular, covering issues and themes on corruption, governance, socio-economic sustainable development, public administration and management, policing in an international context, police reform, and security sector reform. It will also serve as a helpful resource for policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the connection between corruption, sustainable development, and security challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. is a Director at Development Practice International (DPI), Ontario, Canada. He was formerly a senior official with the United Nations; a Program Manager at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); and variously a Professor of Economics, Development Management, and African Studies at the University of North Carolina (Charlotte); the Atlanta University Center; the University of Botswana (where he was also the Founding Director of the Center of Specialization in Public Administration and Management [CESPAM]); and a Fulbright Professor of Economics at the University of the West Indies (Jamaica campus). He has also advised several governments on anti-corruption and development policy and management reforms. The views he expresses here are private and do not necessarily represent the views of DPI or any other organization to which he is currently or was formerly affiliated. His most recent books are Corruption and Governance in Africa: Swaziland (now Eswatini), Kenya, Nigeria (Palgrave Macmillan/Springer, 2017); Police Corruption and Police Reforms in Developing Societies (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2016); and The Political Economy of Development in Kenya (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013).