Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines (The MIT Press)

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Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines (The MIT Press)

Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines (The MIT Press)

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Books outlive authors. Facts not completely spelt out by an author in biographies, memoirs and other books of this nature may end up being distorted later in the future long after the author is gone. It would have been very good if the identity of some individuals NOI clothed with anonymity were unveiled. The world, especially Nigerians, deserve to know who they are so that posterity can rightly place them on the appropriate side of history they deserve to be. Few of such individuals as mentioned in the book include:

Dr Okonjo-Iweala has been listed in the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the World (Forbes, 2022, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011), as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World (TIME, 2014 and 2021), one of the 25 most influential women (Financial Times, 2021), Minister of the Decade, People's Choice Award by Nigeria's This Day newspaper (2020), one of Transparency International's Eight Female Anti-Corruption Fighters Who Inspire (2019), one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders (Fortune, 2015), the Top 100 Global Thinkers (Foreign Policy, 2011 and 2012), the Top Three Most Powerful Women in Africa (Forbes, 2012), the Top 10 Most Influential Women in Africa (Forbes, 2011), the Top 100 Women in the World (The UK Guardian, 2011), the Top 150 Women in the World (Newsweek, 2011), and the Top 100 most inspiring people in the World Delivering for Girls and Women (Women Deliver, 2011). She has also been listed among 73 “brilliant” business influencers in the world by Condé Nast International. The IGC ( @The_IGC)aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. We direct a global network of world-leading researchers and in-country teams in Africa and South Asia and work closely with partner governments. Based at LSE and in partnership with the University of Oxford, the IGC is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). This is a very significant moment for the WTO," David Walker, the WTO's General Council chair, said in a statement. Munger, Michael. 2018. On the contingent vice of corruption. Social Philosophy and Policy 35 (2): 164–169. For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial.

She took a swipe at Muhammadu Buhari as well. He knew that Nigeria has little savings yet did not appoint ministers for six months. When he appointed them, he embarked on disjointed monetary and exchange-rate policies which damaged investor confidence and capital flight. Flat out wrong economic policies led to the first economic contraction for two decades in Nigeria.

The senior Naval Chief that took two Middle East ship building company representatives to President Jonathan. His intent was to defraud the country. Nigerians deserve to know his name.The dissemination of harmful rumours that throw doubt on the integrity of their target is one of the most pernicious strategies used by vested interests against individuals obstructing corruption. Nigeria’s gangster politicians and profiteers had refined the dark art of “fake news” and “alternative facts” long before US President Donald Trump popularized the terms. Nigerian-born Adekeye Adebajo, executive director of the Cape Town-based Centre for Conflict Resolution, said: "It would be incredible. The anachronistic idea of American and European leadership does not reflect the current state of the world. It would be a good thing if someone from the global south were to take over." Rothstein, Bo., and Aysha Varraich. 2017. Making sense of corruption. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi. 2018. Fighting corruption is dangerous: The story behind the headlines. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.



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