January 2015 Vol. 3 No.1

Search Pubmed for articles by:
 

Lahmar H

Other links:
PubMed Citation
Related articles in PubMed



 

Short Communication

The Evils of corruption in Africa

Houda Lahmar

Laboratory of Management Research, Center of Doctoral Studies on Law and Economy, University Mohamed V-, Rabat, Morocco

E-mail: houda_lahmar@yahoo.fr

Accepted January 12, 2015

Abstract

Currently, a number of reports, studies and forecasts agreed that poverty persists longer in Africa. According to the African Development Bank (ADB), one third of Africans are still very poor in 2060, they spend less than $1.25 a day to live. «Africa is growing at an unprecedented rate despite the successive global crises in food and finance. While twas take decades of growth to reduce poverty significantly, it is now more optimistic about the potential of Africa, « reads a report by the AfDB, Africa in 50 years. Thus we know that extreme poverty has been cut in half in 20 years and could be reduced to zero by 2030. But progress is seriously threatened by corruption.

Keywords: Africa, corruption, developing countries, poverty, wealth