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A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.0In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria&#...
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.0In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria's finance minister and that of her team, she describes dangers, pitfalls, and successes in fighting corruption. She provides practical lessons learned and tells how anti-corruption advocates need to equip themselves. Okonjo-Iweala details the numerous ways in which corruption can divert resources away f |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 173 pages : forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-173). |
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9780262038010 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0262038013 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | HC1055 |
| CLC: | D743.734 |
| Call Number: | D743.734/O418 |
| Contents: | The intimidation game -- Return to a troubled country -- Confronting the oil scammers -- A twisted budget process -- Opaque deals and international scams -- Public service scams : ghost workers, ghost pensioners, and embezzlers masquerading as reformers -- Anti-feminists, ethnic jingoists, and economic and political ideologues -- Reflections from the frontlines -- Annex 8.1. the tragedy of the missing Chibok girls and an international initiative to keep schools safe in Nigeria -- Epilogue: The battle continues -- Appendix 1. Selected articles about Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the Nigerian press a |