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Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration?: The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in Cameroon

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An ethnographic approach is applied to Cameroon customs in order to explore the role and the capacity of the bureaucratic elites to reform their institution. Fighting against corruption has led to the extraction and circulation of legal 'collective money' that fuels internal funds. This collective money is the core of the senior officers' power and authority, and materially grounds their elite status. Nevertheless, when reforming, wilful senior officers face a major problem.

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  • Thomas Cantens, 2010. "Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration?: The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in Cameroon," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2010-118, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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