The corruption-underdevelopment nexus in Africa: Which way Nigeria?

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 474-509

  Agbiboa, Daniel Egiegba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Guardian coup; Political and bureaucratic corruption; Post constitutional opportunism; Underdevelopment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650040103     PISSN: 0278839X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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