Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to assess African performance for substantially reducing all forms of corruption and bribery on the continent by 2030, through the indicators for achieving Target 16.5 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on the available and accessible relevant data from credible sources, this work quantifies, outlines and analyses the relationship between corruption/bribery and sustainable development as it applies primarily to sub-Saharan Africa; assesses the trends in the region through the official indicators for achieving Target 16.5 of the SDGs; and recommends other indicators for assessing ethical behaviour in African political, administrative and business leadership and institutions for achieving sustainable development and improved ethical performance towards significant reductions in all manifestations of bribery and corruption on the continent by 2030.

Findings

Corruption and bribery are found to affect all SDG-related sectors, undermining development outcomes and severely compromising efforts to achieve the SDGs in Africa. Consequently, prioritising corruption reduction including from money laundering, bribery and other illegal activities is a necessary requirement for achieving sustainable development, good governance, building effective and inclusive institutions as required by SDG 16, and funding the achievement of the SDGs.

Originality/value

The main value of the paper is the insights it provides through the very comprehensive compilation of statistical information that quantifies, and with analysis, the corruption/bribery avenues and the resultant deleterious effects on sustainable development in Africa.

中文翻译：

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减少非洲的腐败和贿赂作为可持续发展目标的一项目标：应用指标评估绩效

目的

本文件的目的是通过实现可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的具体目标 16.5 的指标，评估非洲在 2030 年前大幅减少非洲大陆一切形式的腐败和贿赂的表现。

设计/方法/方法

这项工作利用来自可靠来源的可用和可访问的相关数据，量化、概述和分析腐败/贿赂与可持续发展之间的关系，因为它主要适用于撒哈拉以南非洲；通过实现可持续发展目标具体目标 16.5 的官方指标评估该地区的趋势；并建议其他指标用于评估非洲政治、行政和商业领导层和机构的道德行为，以实现可持续发展和改善道德表现，以期到 2030 年显着减少非洲大陆的所有贿赂和腐败表现形式。

发现

腐败和贿赂影响到所有与可持续发展目标相关的部门，破坏发展成果并严重影响在非洲实现可持续发展目标的努力。因此，优先考虑减少腐败，包括洗钱、贿赂和其他非法活动，是实现可持续发展、良好治理、按照可持续发展目标 16 建立有效和包容性机构以及为实现可持续发展目标提供资金的必要要求。

原创性/价值

该文件的主要价值在于它通过非常全面的统计信息汇编提供的见解，这些信息量化并分析了腐败/贿赂途径以及由此产生的对非洲可持续发展的有害影响。