Publications

• Oil, Democracy and Development in Africa (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014).
• Markets, Profits and Power: The Politics of Business in Benin and Togo, Travaux et Documents No. 53 (Working Paper), Centre d’Études d’Afrique Noire, Institut d’Études Politiques de Bordeaux, 1997.
• “Paying the Price of Failure: Reconstructing Failed and Collapsed States in Africa and Central Asia, a Review Essay.” Perspectives on Politics 4, 1 (March 2006): 135-150.
• “Oil and Water: Elite Politicians and Corruption in France.” Comparative Politics 37, 3 (April 2005): 277-296.
• “Anti-Corruption Agencies: Real Medicine or Placebo in Treating Corruption?” World Bank Institute Working Paper (2004).
• “Assessing Political Commitment to Fighting Corruption” with Philip E. Keefer. Washington: The World Bank, PREM Note 30 (1999).
• “Commerce, Politics, and Business Associations in Benin and Togo,” Comparative Politics (July 1997): 473-492.”
• “Une si petite démocratisation pour le Togo” with Comi M. Toulabor. Politique Africaine (Juin 1995): 85-100.
• “Social Origins of National Conferences in Benin and Togo,” The Journal of Modern African Studies 31, 2 (June 1993): 277-299.
• “The Fight Against Corruption: The World Bank Debarment Policy,” in Preventing Corporate Corruption, ed. Stefano Manacorda (Geneva: Springer International, 2014).
• “The Middle Class and Political Stability: The Beninese Experience,” in Les classes moyennes et leur role sur la stabilité politico-sécuritaire des États d’Afrique subsaharienne, eds. Dominique Darbon and Comi Toulabor (Paris: Éditions Karthala, 2014).
• “Anti-Corruption Commissions: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why?” Policy brief prepared for US Government (2012)
• “Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Legitimacy, and Anti-Corruption Commissions.” In Fighting Corruption in Post-Conflict States. Eds. Cheng and Zaum. Routledge, 2011.
• “Globalization, Democracy, and Institutional Transfer to Africa.” In La politique des modèles en Afrique: Simulation, dépolitisation et appropriation, Ed. Darbon. Karthala, 2009.
• “L’Afrique et l’économie politique international.” In Le politique en Afrique : État des débats et pistes de recherche. Eds. Gazibo and Thiorot. Karthala, 2009.
• “Book Review: The Challenge of Rural Electrification: Strategies for Developing Countries, ed. Barnes (Washington: Resources for the Future, 2007),” Resources Policy (2008).
• USAID Program Brief, “Anticorruption in the Extractive Industries” (2008).
• “The Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Center.” Sida Evaluation Series 07/22. Department for Democracy and Social Development. Stockholm: SIDA, 2008.
• “Equatorial Guinea and Togo: What Prize for Repression?” In Worst of the Worst: Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations. Ed. Rotberg. Brooking Institution Press, 2007.
• Review essay. “Staffan Lindberg, Democracy and Elections in Africa.” Comparative Political Studies (September 2007): 1138- 1141.
• “Anti-Corruption Commissions.” In The Role of Parliament in Curbing Corruption, 135-147. Eds Stapenhurst, Johnston, and Pelizzo. The World Bank, 2006.
•  “Togo: Political Repression and Clan Politics.” African Contemporary Record, Vol. 28 2001-2002 (2006): B225-B235.
• “Anti-Corruption Commissions: Panacea or Real Medicine to Fight Corruption” (World Bank 2004)
• “Togo: Political Stalemate and Economic Stagnation.” African Contemporary Record, Vol. 27 1998-2000 (2004): B221-B241.
• “Corruption, Democracy, and Reform in Benin.” In The Self- Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies. Eds. Schedler, Diamond, and Plattner. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.
• “The Flea on Nigeria’s Back? Benin’s Foreign Policy 1975-1995.” In African Foreign Policies. Ed. Wright. Westview Press, 1999.
• “Togo: The National Conference and Stalled Reform.” In Political Reform in Francophone Africa, 225-245. Eds. Clark and Gardinier. Westview Press, 1997.
• Translation from French, Pathé Diagne, “Pluralism and Plurality in Africa.” In Democracy and Pluralism in Africa. Ed. Ronen. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 1986