*Title: PARLIAMENTARIANS AND CORRUPTION IN AFRICA: Subtitle: The Challenge of Leadership and the Practice of Politics *By: Joanne Davies Report Type: Research Report *Date: 2009 Published by: The Parliamentary Centre Location: Ottawa Series Name: n/a Number of Series part: n/a *IDRC Project Number: 104129 *IDRC Project Title: APNAC Anti-Graft Survey *Country/Region: Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe *Full Name of Research Institution: The Parliamentary Centre, APNAC, and the African Studies Centre, Oxford University *Address of Research Institution: The Parliamentary Centre, 255 Albert St., Suite 802 Ottawa Ontario Tel: (613) 237-0143 Fax: (613) 235-8237 *Name(s) of Researcher/Members of Research Team: Research was undertaken by Charity Wakaba of the Parliamentary Centre, and Tom Mboya and Augustine Ruzindana of APNAC. Analysis was undertaken by Dr. Joanne Davies, Professor David Anderson and Dr. Nic Cheesman (Oxford University). *Contact Information of Researcher/Research Team members: Charity Wakaba:
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[email protected] *This report is presented as received from project recipient(s). It has not been subjected to peer review or other review processes. *This work is used with the permission of The Parliamentary Centre *Copyright December 2009, The Parliamentary Centre *Abstract: This report reviews the role that parliament – and parliamentarians – can play in the fight against corruption. Through the African Parliamentary Network against Corruption (APNAC) a survey was undertaken of parliamentarians’ views on the causes and cures for corruption, and the structural impediments they face in tackling it.