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Leadership And Corruption In Governance: A Case Study Of Liberia, Theresa Okpokwu
Leadership And Corruption In Governance: A Case Study Of Liberia, Theresa Okpokwu
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Writers like Mutasa (2009) and Ebegbulem (2012) argues that Africa is both the poorest continent in the world and one of the richest in terms of natural resources. Consistent with this observation the history of Liberia indicates that corrupt leadership deprives the general population of its fair access to Africa’s rich resources while exacerbating ineffective government bureaucracy and underdevelopment. The bureaucratized central government in turn entrenches corrupt practices which give rise to more serious underdevelopment as well as insurgencies and a possible state failure.
Given this background, this study examines how leadership and corruption in governance affects socioeconomic development. To …