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Fighting Corruption to Save the Environment: Cameroon’s Experience

verfasst von: Kelvin S.-H. Peh, Ofir Drori

Erschienen in: Ambio | Ausgabe 4/2010

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The despair of losing battle against corruption in sub-Saharan Africa has recently made the headline of the International Herald Tribune (Dugger 2009). Such interest in the fight against corruption in tropical developing countries is based on the following socio-economic rationale: a reduction in accountability and transparency will enhance poverty and hinder economic and social developments in these poor countries (Kaufmann 1997). However, what lesser known is that corruption has also a negative impact on both a country’s environmental protection and conservation efforts. …

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Metadaten
Titel
Fighting Corruption to Save the Environment: Cameroon’s Experience
verfasst von
Kelvin S.-H. Peh
Ofir Drori
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2010
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Ambio / Ausgabe 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0044-7447
Elektronische ISSN: 1654-7209
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0053-0

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