The public sector corruption and organised crime nexus: The case of the fertiliser subsidy programme in Malawi

Tambulasi, Richard

doi:10.1080/10246029.2009.9627555

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“…The loss of trust in authorities that ensued in the Kilosa case because of corruption meant some actors engaged in killings as a way to solve land access problems. In Malawi, corruption was the modus operandi of a criminal network focused on fertilizer subsidies that included chiefs, public officials, politicians, coupon printers, businessmen, and truck drivers (55). Corruption undermined the functioning of the fertilizer scheme, such that the poorer farmers meant to benefit from it had difficulties doing so.…”

Section: Agriculturementioning

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Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Environmental and Resource Management

Tacconi

Williams

2020

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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Corruption significantly affects the large majority of countries, and it has negative social and economic impacts. Its impacts on environmental and resource management (ERM) sectors are less well understood. We review corruption in the extractive industries, irrigation, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and conservation activities with a focus on the management of protected areas and the wildlife trade. There is significant evidence that corruption in ERM sectors is systemic. Corruption in these sectors has significant negative environmental and economic impacts, which can be expected to result in negative social impacts. Many of the anti-corruption policies proposed for the ERM sectors draw on the principal-agent theory. The political science literature on corruption found that theory to have limited application when corruption is systemic and the principal is corrupt. The analysis of corruption and anti-corruption in countries with systemic corruption should draw to a greater extent on collective action theory to identify more effective policies. We highlight some anti-corruption policies relevant to ERM sectors. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 45 is October 19, 2020. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Environmental and Resource Management

Tacconi

Williams

2020

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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“…To rule out this explanation, we carry out a placebo test that examines whether segregation also affects the provision of private goods in the form of agricultural subsidies. Like local public goods, agricultural subsidies are highly valued by Malawian residents (Harrigan, 2008) and political elites exert discretion over their distribution (Chasukwa et al, 2014; Øygard et al, 2003; Tambulasi, 2009). But, unlike local public goods, they can be politically targeted to specific individuals or households, meaning that segregation should be less consequential for their strategic provision.…”

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Segregation, Ethnic Favoritism, and the Strategic Targeting of Local Public Goods

Ejdemyr

Kramon

Robinson

2017

Comparative Political Studies

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This article demonstrates that ethnic segregation is a key determinant of local public goods provision. We argue that this results from politicians’ strategic engagement in ethnic favoritism: Only when ethnic groups are sufficiently segregated can elites efficiently target coethnics with local public goods. We test this expectation with fine-grained data from Malawi on the spatial distribution of ethnic groups, geolocated distributive goods (water wells), and the ethnic identities of political elites. We find that members of parliament provide more local public goods to their electoral districts when ethnic groups are geographically segregated but that this increased investment is primarily targeted toward coethnics. Thus, while segregation promotes overall public goods provision, it also leads to greater favoritism in the distribution of these goods. Our logic and evidence provide an elite-driven explanation for both the considerable variation in ethnic favoritism across contexts and the underprovision of public goods in ethnically diverse settings.

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“…De esa forma, los alegatos en Ciudad Arce referentes a la exclusión por temas políticos e ideológicos son probables, si bien el trabajo de campo realizado no ha podido confirmar este hecho fehacientemente. Asimismo, la corrupción de funcionarios públicos y la existencia de sesgos políticos partidarios no son exclusivos del programa de apoyo a la producción en El Salvador, ya que han sido identificadas distorsiones similares en programas de subsidios agrícolas en África gracias a trabajos como los de Banful (2011), Tambulasi (2009 o Holden y Lunduka (2013).…”

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Alcance Local De Una Política Agraria en El Salvador: Programa Público De Paquetes Agrícolas 2013-2016

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2021

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Ante la escasez de estudios que evalúen localmente las políticas públicas agrarias, el presente artículo posee como objetivo analizar el programa gubernamental de paquetes agrícolas para el apoyo a la producción de maíz en Ciudad Arce (El Salvador) durante el período 2013-2016. Para ello, se utiliza la sistematización de experiencias como marco interpretativo, utilizando como eje el proceso de inclusión / exclusión de agricultores en el padrón público de beneficiarios. Se realizó un trabajo de campo amplio que incluyó la aplicación de entrevistas a 82 productores de maíz en el municipio. Pese a que esta población representa una muestra no probabilística, se considera que la misma captura adecuadamente la diversidad de los agricultores del municipio, al tomar en cuenta entrevistados en todos los barrios. Entre los principales hallazgos se destaca un déficit de conocimiento y falta de divulgación sobre los requisitos necesarios para ser beneficiario, poca claridad sobre posibles causas de exclusión e incerteza sobre el proceso de registro en el padrón público de beneficiarios. En función de los hallazgos para Ciudad Arce, el texto finaliza señalando retos a nivel de política pública y resaltando la oportunidad de mejora del programa.

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The public sector corruption and organised crime nexus: The case of the fertiliser subsidy programme in Malawi

Cited by 30 publications

References 12 publications

Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Environmental and Resource Management

Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Environmental and Resource Management

Segregation, Ethnic Favoritism, and the Strategic Targeting of Local Public Goods

Alcance Local De Una Política Agraria en El Salvador: Programa Público De Paquetes Agrícolas 2013-2016

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