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

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Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, director of the Brussels-based ECIPE think tank, pointed out that much would hinge on Okonjo-Iweala's ability to win round the cultish trade circles where she was little known. Her credentials are stellar: an economist, serving twice as the Minister of Finance for Nigeria and a 25 year career with the World Bank. Thompson, Denis F. 2018. Theories of institutional corruption. Annual Review of Political Science 21: 495–513.

DoYouKnow When Nuhu Ribadu, the first Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, needed to leave Nigeria in 2009, the government of Norway, the Center for Global Development (CGD), and the World Bank financed an eighteen-month fellowship for him at CGD.Dr Ngozi is sympathetic about the Chibok girls scenario and as a mother she probably was the best person placed in the forefront. But from her writings about the executive cabinet, she may be perceived as a feminist - one who may advocate gender equality at every facet of society. Fearless, principled, compassionate for Africa’s poor and passionate for Africa’s future — Okonjo-Iweala’s book tells us what politics and public service should be about.” – Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education

The book is a self-defense but not a self-congratulatory one. Much of it emphasizes the never-ending struggle that reformers have in attempting to plug the state’s leaks. There are ghost workers and pension frauds, collusion between contractors and civil personnel in phony debt, and ongoing arm wrestling with legislators and state governors to avoid waste. Okonjo-Iweala said she was "honoured" to be selected to lead the organization, and vowed to take on global economic and health challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.This is a book that shows her prowess as an administrator. One may guess that the former Minister regularly keeps a diary of her daily routine which made the book possible.

The Covid-19 pandemic, with struggling economies and growing protectionism worldwide, poses further challenges. Rothstein, Bo., and Aysha Varraich. 2017. Making sense of corruption. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Add the pandemic to the turmoil, and the WTO’s most substantive work was ground to a near standstill last year and spurred its previous director-general to quit unexpectedly. Fearless, principled, compassionate for Africa's poor and passionate for Africa's future—Okonjo-Iweala's book tells us what politics and public service should be about. Morton, Adam. 2006. Moral incompetence. In Values and virtues: Aristotelianism in contemporary ethics, ed. Timothy Chappell, 118–135. Oxford: Oxford University Press Incorporated. Dr Olu Fasan, a lawyer and political economist, is a Visiting Fellow at the International Relations Department of the LSE. An earlier version of this piece was published in the Nigerian newspaper, BusinessDay. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ( @NOIweala) was Nigeria's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2015, and Foreign Minister in 2006. She was Managing Director of the World Bank from 2007 to 2011, overseeing South Asia, Europe, Central Asia, and Africa, and is currently Senior Adviser at Lazard and Board Chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. She is the author of Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria.

At the end of the war, Okonjo-Iweala went to the US to study economics at Harvard and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), married her childhood sweetheart and, at the age of 25, began working for the World Bank, rising steadily up the institution’s hierarchy, travelling widely, and only leaving when invited to be finance minister of Nigeria in 2003. Barnett, Susan, and Stephen Ceci. 2002. When and where do we apply what we learn: a taxonomy for far transfer. Psychological Bulletin 128: 612–637. Once candidates are chosen regionally, the appointment of a WTO boss is meant to be achieved by "consensus" through epic rounds of diplomatic haggling in Geneva. Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial?

Biography of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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). Dr Okonjo-Iweala’s two books, “Reforming the Unreformable” (2012) and the latest “Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous”, both capturing her experiences as finance minister in Nigeria, are certainly a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the political economy of reform and governance in the country. She is an outstanding technocrat and an intrepid reformer, but, as I said, less adroit in the game of politics. She is underappreciated in her home country Nigeria, but highly celebrated by the international community, and rightly so. As Gordon Brown said powerfully at the event, “You are talking about a finance minister, but more than that someone who’s got something to say about the future of the world and the future of Africa”. Few will disagree with that! A remarkable book by a truly outstanding human being. Okonjo-Iweala is not only a fine economist but also a charismatic leader. Good governance is a key element in fostering successful economic development, and corruption is deeply corrosive of governance. These reflections on fighting corruption are not only a gripping and moving personal story of stress and courage but a deeply thoughtful and constructive analysis of a fundamental aspect of economic development.― Lord Nicholas Stern, I. G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government, London School of Economics; past President of the British Academy; Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change; author of Why Are We Waiting? About the Author Education: Graduated magna cum laude with economics degree from Harvard University in 1976 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1981.