Author: Jens Chr.1 Andvig / Publishing Institution: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Author:: Jens Chr.1 Andvig
Publication Date:: 02-2003
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: The paper explores the apparently high incidence of corruption in those former socialist countries where the Communist Party lost power. It argues that part of the explanation of the high corruption incidence is to be sought in the simultaneous production decline which gives rise to a Schumpeter effect, where former bureaucrats are becoming corruption entrepreneurs. Another important factor is the swift change in the ruling norms giving rise to a Huntington effect an overshooting of the applicability of the market mechanism. An important driver of both effects is the monetation of the centralised multi-tiered bartering system of the old socialist economies. That process is briefly compared to older forms of market expansion into decentralised non-market agricultural economies as analysed by Polanyi and Marx.
Topic:: Economics, Government, and Industrial Policy

Author:: Jens Chr.1 Andvig
Publication Date:: 02-2003
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: The OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention may be regarded as the strongest international expression of the recent recognition of corruption as a major global issue. The convention aims to contain trans-border corruption by making it illegal for citizens and enterprises located in the countries that have signed the convention to get involved in corrupt transactions with officials abroad. Working out the convention the legal regulation of transborder corruption has become harmonised across countries. Given the initial success, the question has been raised whether the convention should be extended or modified in some way. New policy instruments have been proposed; greater precision in how to deal with middlemen has been urged.
Topic:: Economics, Government, Industrial Policy, and International Trade and Finance

Author:: Jens Chr.1 Andvig
Publication Date:: 12-2000
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: The separation of children from their families have a large number of social and economic aspects. At least the economic aspects are under-researched. At the point of transition of leaving their families somehow the children have to be considered as separate decisionmakers. This is the perspective I adopt in this essay. The question raised is whether poverty, changes in social norms or external shocks to the family system such as the AIDS epidemic, lead the children to prematurely fend for themselves in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Topic:: Economics, Human Rights, and Poverty
Political Geography:: Africa

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