The challenges and opportunities of implementing the integrity pact as a strategy for combating corruption in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta region

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-290

  Idemudia, Uwafiokun ^a   Cragg, Wesley ^a   Best, Bronwyn ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Transparency International Bangladesh   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corruption; Integrity Pact; Nigeria; Oil

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; OIL PRODUCTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 78651511798     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.576     Document Type: Article

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