Theoretical explanations of corruption in Africa are inconclusive. Economic downturn and poverty are the effects of poor resource management in Africa. Yet, neopatrimonialism also stands as an alternative explanation. This survey separate these two theoretical alternatives of corruption in Africa. It examines 54 African countries using the corruption perception index of 2017. It found that fuel-exporting countries in Africa are more corrupt than non-fuel exporting countries with a large associated effect size (Cohen’s d =. 94). Fuel exporting countries were linked with resource-curse theory (poor resource management) and the extractive theory of corruption (neopatrimonialism) while non fuel exporting countries was linked up with only the extractive theory of corruption (neopatrimonialism). By implication, African nations involved in the exportation of fuel resource are 94% likely to be more corrupt than countries that do not export fuel.

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非洲的自然资源、燃料出口和腐败政策

对非洲腐败的理论解释尚无定论。经济衰退和贫困是非洲资源管理不善的后果。然而，新世袭制也可以作为另一种解释。这项调查将非洲腐败的这两种理论替代方案分开。它使用 2017 年的腐败感知指数对 54 个非洲国家进行了调查。它发现非洲的燃料出口国比非燃料出口国更腐败，相关效应量很大（Cohen's d =. 94）。燃料出口国与资源诅咒理论（资源管理不善）和腐败的榨取理论（新世袭制）相关联，而非燃料出口国仅与腐败的榨取理论（新世袭主义）相关联。言外之意，