Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 The Economics of Corruption: An Overview George T. Abed and Sanjeev Gupta -- Part I Causes and Consequences of Corruption -- 2 Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures Vito Tanzi -- 3 Bureaucratic Corruption and the Rate of Temptation: Do Wages in the Civil Service Affect Corruption and by How Much? Caroline Van Rijckeghem and Beatrice Weder -- 4 Controlling Fiscal Corruption Sheetal K. Chand and Karl O. Moene -- 5 A Game Theoretic Analysis of Corruption in Bureaucracies Era Dabla-Norris -- 6 Institutionalized Corruption and the Kleptocratic State Joshua Charap and Christian Harm -- 7 Does Mother Nature Corrupt? Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth Carlos Leite and Jens Weidmann -- 8 Corruption, Growth, and Public Finances Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi -- Part II Corruption and Government Expenditures -- 9 Corruption and the Composition of Government Expenditure Paolo Mauro -- 10 Corruption and the Provision of Health Care and Education Services Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid R. Davoodi, and Erwin R. Tiongson -- 11 Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi -- 12 Corruption and Military Spending Sanjeev Gupta, Luiz de Mello, and Raju Sharon -- 13 Fiscal Decentralization and Governance: A Cross- Country Analysis Luiz de Mello and Matias Barenstein -- Part III Corruption and Taxes -- 14 Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption Dhaneshwar Ghura -- 15 Corruption, Extortion and Evasion Jean Hindriks, Michael Keen, and Abhinay Muthoo -- Part IV Corruption, Income Distribution, and Poverty -- 16 Production, Rent Seeking, and Wealth Distribution Era Dabla-Norris and Paul Wade -- 17 Does Corruption Affect Income Inequality and Poverty? Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid R. Davoodi, and Rosa Alonso-Terme.

Part V Corruption and Transition Economies -- 18 Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies George T. Abed and Hamid R. Davoodi -- 19 Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption in the Baltic and CIS Countries: The Role of the IMF Thomas Wolf and Emine Gurgen.